Why are Asclepiads Fascinating?

The Generas Heurnia, Stapelia and Orbea has fallen in stature by being demoted to subfamily Asclepiadoideae  from family Asclepiadaceae .  This may be a serious concern for a Botanist but for the hobbyists, it is rather a matter of semantics. What’s in a name? That which we call a Stapeliad/Orbea By any other word would smell as obnoxious……