''Wooleya'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, ''Wooleya farinosa''. It is also in tribe Ruschieae. It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic. The genus name of ''Wooleya'' is in honour of Charles Hugh Frederick Wooley (1894–1969), an English naval officer, natural scientist and citrus grower. He also supplied

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South A ...

with succulents from around South Africa. The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''farinosa'' means farinaceous (having a floury texture or grainy) derived from ''farina'' meaning flour. It was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.27 on page 48 in 1960.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3019545, from2=Q17251003 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by Louisa Bolus Plants described in 1960 Flora of the Cape Provinces Monotypic Caryophyllales genera