× 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
×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 (Haw.) Molteno & Figueiredo

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]

 

Flower

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References

1. 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.