Orbea decaisneana

Orbea decaisneana
	Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Orbea
Species:	O. decaisneana
Binomial name
	Orbea decaisneana; (Lem.) Bruyns
Synonyms
	List Boucerosia decaisneana Lem.; Desmidorchis decaisneana (Lem.) Kuntze; Caralluma decaisneana (Lem.) N.E.Br.; Stapelia decaisneana (Lem.) A.Chev.; Pachycymbium decaisneanum (Lem.) M.G.Gilbert; Angolluma decaisneana (Lem.) L.E.Newton; Caralluma hesperidum Maire; Caralluma commutata subsp. hesperidum (Maire) Maire; Caralluma decaisneana subsp. hesperidum (Maire) Raynaud; Orbea decaisneana subsp. hesperidum (Maire) Jonkers; Angolluma hesperidum (Maire) Plowes; Caralluma venenosa Maire; Angolluma venenosa (Maire) Plowes; Angolluma sudanensis Plowes; ;

Orbea decaisneana is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome. It is native to north Africa; Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan/South Sudan.

The plants found in Morocco have been called Caralluma decaisneana subsp. hesperidum but this subspecies is not recognised by POWO. Some botanists argue that they are sufficiently different to be their own subspecies or even species - the flowers even have very different smells.