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Genus: Astroloba
[= Poelnitzia]
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) >
Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Monocotyledons > Order:
Asparagales
> Family:
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Endemic to Western and Eastern
Cape, where seven species are known. Previously in the Asphodelaceae, which has been sunk under
Xanthorrhoeaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Astroloba bullulata
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Astroloba congesta
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Astroloba corrugata
See Meyer & Smith (1998).
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Astroloba foliolosa
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Astroloba herrei
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Astroloba rubriflora
[= Poellnitzia rubriflora]
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Astroloba spiralis
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Publications
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Groen, L.E. 1986. Astroloba. Succulenta 65: 19–23.
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Groen, L.E. 1987. Astroloba. Succulenta 66: 51–55;
82–86; 110–113; 162–166; 171–174.
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Meyer, N.L. & Smith, G.F. 1998. Astroloba corrugata:
description of a long-known species in a southern
African endemic alooid genus. Bothalia 28: 60–62.
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