Astroloba

Astroloba corrugata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Astroloba
Subgenera: A. subg. Astroloba – A. subg. Poellnitzia
Sectiones: A. sect. Astroloba – A. sect. Intercedens – A. sect. Inflata – A. sect. Vastora
Species: A. bullulata – A. congesta – A. corrugata – A. cremnophila – A. foliolosa – A. herrei – A. pentagona – A. robusta – A. rubriflora – A. spiralis – A. spirella – A. tenax

Name

Astroloba Uitewaal, Succulenta (Netherlands) 28: 53 (1947).

• Type species: Astroloba pentagona (Haw.) Uitewaal

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aloe sect. Imbricatae Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 1 (1836).
  • Aloe sect. Foliolosae Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 2 (1836).
  • Poellnitzia Uitewaal, Succulenta (Netherlands) 22: 61 (1940), nom. rej. prop.
    • Type species: Poellnitzia rubriflora (L.Bolus) Uitewaal

References

Primary references

• Uitewaal, A.J.A. 1947. Succulenta (Netherlands) 28: 53.

Additional references

• Manning, J.C. Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & van der Bank, M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: a final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids? Systematic Botany 39(1): 55–74. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Molteno, S., Smith, G.F. & Figueiredo, E. 2018. A Synopsis of Astroloba Uitewaal (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae): Species, Types, and Infrageneric Classification. Haseltonia 25(1): 72–83. DOI: 10.2985/026.025.0106 Reference page. 
• Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E., Klopper, R.R. & Van Wyk, A.E. 2018. (2580) Proposal to conserve the name Astroloba against Poellnitzia (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae). Taxon 67(1): 206. DOI: 10.12705/671.18 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Astroloba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Astroloba. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Astroloba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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