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Gasteria
Sign in to saveGasteria is a genus of succulent plants, native to South Africa and the far south-west corner of Namibia.
Species
Keeled Oxtongue
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsphodelaceae
Gasteria ser. Gasteria: Bauchige Blüte von Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor Gasteria ser. Gasteria: Blütenstand von Gasteria disticha Gasteria ser. Longifoliae: Gasteria acinacifolia Gasteria ser. Namaquana: Gasteria pillansii Gasteria ser. Multifariae: Gasteria nitida Die Gasteria, eingedeutscht werden sie auch Gasterien genannt, sind eine Pflanzengattung aus der Unterfamilie der Affodillgewächse (Asphodeloideae). Zur Gattung gehören etwa 22 Arten. Ihre natürliche Verbreitung ist auf den südlichen und westlichen Teil der Republik Südafrika beschränkt mit einer Art, die bis in die Grenzregionen zu Namibia hineinreicht (Gasteria pillansii).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Collections
- NCSC, NY, CM, UCR, US, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, South Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Naming
- Description
- Distribution
- Taxonomy
- Taxonomy according to flower morphology
- Taxonomy according to genome
- Gallery for identification
- Western distichous group
- Rare inland species
- Large coastal group
- Cultivation
- References
- External links
Gasteria is a genus of succulent plants, native to South Africa and the far south-west corner of Namibia.
==Naming== The genus is named for its stomach-shaped flowers ("gaster" is Greek for "stomach") that result from the swollen base on the corolla. Common names include ox-tongue, cow-tongue, ''lawyer's tongue and, occasionally, mother-in-law's tongue.
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