× Astrolista
× Astrolista (from Astroloba and Tulista) is a nothogenus of naturally occurring inter-generic hybrids in the Little Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
| × Astrolista | |
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| × Astrolista bicarinata in cultivation | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | × Astrolista Molteno & Figueiredo 2017 |
| Species: | × A. bicarinata |
| Binomial name | |
| × Astrolista bicarinata | |
Species
The nothogenus only contains one species × Astrolista bicarinata, which is a commonly occurring and extremely variable natural hybrid between Tulista pumila and Astroloba corrugata that occurs where their natural distribution ranges overlap in the far western corner of the Little Karoo, South Africa.[1]
× Astrolista bicarinata flower
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References
- Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Molteno, Steven (2017). "× Astrolista Molteno & Figueiredo (Asphodelaceae): a new name for the South African endemic nothogenus × Astroworthia". Bradleya. 35 (35): 195–200. doi:10.25223/brad.n35.2017.a22.
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