Genus: Gasteria

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A total of 22 species, all endemic to southern Africa. 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).

Gasteria acinacifolia
Gasteria batesiana
Gasteria baylissiana
Gasteria bicolor
Gasteria brachyphylla
Gasteria carinata
Gasteria croucheri
Gasteria disticha
Gasteria doreeniae
Gasteria ellaphieae
Gasteria excelsa
Gasteria excelsa
Gasteria glauca
Gasteria glomerata
Gasteria nitida
Gasteria pendulifolia
Gasteria pillansii
Gasteria polita
Gasteria pulchra
Gasteria rawlinsonii
Gasteria tukhelensis
Gasteria vlokii

Publications

• van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1992. A synopsis of the genus Gasteria. Aloe 29: 1-32.

• van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1994. Gasterias of South Africa. Fernwood Press and the National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.

• van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1998. A new taxon and new combination in the Gasteria carinata complex. Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 70: 65-71.