犀角属是一种生长缓慢、没有骨刺、茎干多汁的植物。
植物介绍
主要来自南非，还有一些来自非洲其他地区。一些亚洲和拉丁美洲的物种曾经被包括在内，但是现在它们都被转移到其他属。某些种类的花在完全打开时，直径可达41厘米(16英寸)。大多数的花枝花都是明显的毛，当它们开花的时候，会产生腐肉的气味;这样的气味可以吸引各种各样的传粉者，包括在有腐臭的花朵的情况下，还有双翅目昆虫科的飞蝇。他们经常在被植物欺骗的植物的冠状花上产卵。
这种毛茸茸的、奇怪的、有颜色的花，被认为是一种腐肉的样子，再加上它们的气味，犀角属以此命名。
在气候许可的国家，一些物种通常被作为
盆栽植物种植，甚至被用作山岩植物。犀角属植物是很好的容器植物，在阳光充足的情况下可以生长得很好。它们应该被放置在排水良好的堆肥中，因为如果长时间保持潮湿，茎干就容易腐烂。
物种
代表物种：Stapelia hirsuta
接受物种
Stapelia acuminata - South Africa
Stapelia arenosa - Cape Province
Stapelia asterias - South Africa
Stapelia barklyi - South Africa
Stapelia baylissii - Cape Province
Stapelia cedrimontana - Cape Province
Stapelia clavicorona - Transvaal
Stapelia concinna - South Africa
Stapelia congestiflora - Ethiopia
Stapelia deflexa - South Africa
Stapelia divaricata - South Africa
Stapelia divergens - South Africa
Stapelia engleriana - tropical Africa
Stapelia erectiflora - South Africa
Stapelia fasciculata - Cape Province
Stapelia flavicomata - South Africa
Stapelia flavopurpurea - South Africa
Stapelia gariepensis - Cape Province
Stapelia gettliffei - Transvaal
Stapelia gigantea - KwaZulu-Natal
Stapelia glabricaulis - South Africa
Stapelia glanduliflora - South Africa
Stapelia grandiflora - South Africa
Stapelia hirsuta - South Africa
Stapelia immelmaniae - Cape Province
Stapelia incomparabilis - South Africa
Stapelia kougabergensis - Cape Province
Stapelia kwebensis - Botswana
Stapelia leendertziae - South Africa
Stapelia longipedicellata - Namibia
Stapelia maccabeana - South Africa
Stapelia miscella - Cape Province
Stapelia mutabilis - South Africa
Stapelia nobilis - South Africa
Stapelia obducta - Cape Province
Stapelia olivacea - South Africa
Stapelia paniculata - South Africa
Stapelia parvula - Angola
Stapelia pearsonii - Great Namaqualand
Stapelia peglerae - Cape Province
Stapelia pillansii - South Africa
Stapelia plantii - South Africa
Stapelia reflexa - South Africa
Stapelia remota - Namibia
Stapelia rubiginosa - Little Namaqualand
Stapelia rufa - South Africa
Stapelia schinzii - Namibia
Stapelia scitula - Cape Province
Stapelia similis - Little Namaqualand
Stapelia surrecta - Cape Province
Stapelia tsomoensis - South Africa
Stapelia uncinata - South Africa
Stapelia unicornis - Swaziland
Stapelia vetula - South Africa
Stapelia villetiae - Cape Province
Stapelia variegata