Apocynaceae

Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoodia

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Common names

By language (6)

Afrikaans: Ghaap
arz: هوديا جوردونى
Chinese: 丽杯阁, 麗杯阁, 丽杯角, 呼撒丽杯角
German: Hoodia-Kaktus
Hebrew: הודיה גורדוני
Swedish: Flugtallrik

Synonyms

Hoodia albispina N.E.Br.
Hoodia bainii Dyer
Hoodia barklyi Dyer
Hoodia burkei N.E.Br.
Hoodia husabensis Nel
Hoodia langii Oberm. & Letty
Hoodia longispina Plowes
Hoodia pillansii N.E.Br.
Hoodia rosea Oberm. & Letty
Hoodia whitesloaneana Dinter ex A.C.White & B.Sloane
Monothylaceum gordonii (Masson) G.Don
Scytanthus gordonii (Masson) Hook.
Stapelia gordonii Masson

Photos

Photo: Winfried Bruenken, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.