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Astroloba ''Astroloba'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Asphodeloideae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2016-06-10 native to the Cape Province ...

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Tulista ''Tulista'' is a small genus of succulent plants endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They were formerly included within the genus ''Haworthia''. Characteristics The genus is characterised by a large size (relative to other haworthias) ...

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nothogenus In botanical nomenclature, a hybrid may be given a hybrid name, which is a special kind of botanical name, but there is no requirement that a hybrid name should be created for plants that are believed to be of hybrid origin. The ''International Co ...

of naturally occurring inter-generic

hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...

s in the

Little Karoo The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe Khoemana (also known as !Orakobab or Korana) word is a semidesert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its extent i ...

region of the

Western Cape Province The Western Cape ( ; , ) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabi ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

Species

The nothogenus only contains one species × ''Astrolista bicarinata'', which is a commonly occurring and extremely variable natural hybrid between ''

Tulista pumila ''Tulista pumila'' ("Vratjiesaalwee") is a species of ''Tulista'' succulent plant, from the Western Cape, South Africa. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Haworthia'', as ''Haworthia pumila'' or ''Haworthia maxima''. Description It is an eve ...

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Astroloba corrugata ''Astroloba corrugata'' is a small succulent plant of the ''Astroloba'' genus, endemic to the Little Karoo and the far south of the Western Cape, South Africa. Naming This plant has been known by several names in its history. It was named "''A ...

'' that occurs where their natural distribution ranges overlap in the far western corner of the

References

Monotypic Asphodelaceae genera Flora of Southern Africa Plant nothogenera Asphodeloideae {{Asphodelaceae-stub