Gasteria

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Gasteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Gasteria
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Gasteria brachyphylla (Salm-Dyck) Van Jaarsv.

Gasteria is a genus of succulent plants native to South Africa. Closely related genera include Aloe and Haworthia. The genus is named for its stomach-shaped flowers and is part of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae.[1] Common names include cow-tongue cactus, lawyer's tongue, mother-in-law's tongue, ox-tongue.[2]

Cultivation

Gasteria species are grown in well-drained, sandy soils in light shade. Germination usually occurs within 8 days but may take as long as one month depending on the species.

Species and varieties

Gasteria pillansii, showing the stomach-shaped flowers
Gasteria batesiana
  • Gasteria acinacifolia
  • Gasteria armstrongii
  • Gasteria batesiana var. batesiana
  • Gasteria batesiana var. dolomitica
  • Gasteria baylissiana
  • Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor
  • Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana aka "Ox-Tongue"
  • Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri
  • Gasteria brachyphylla var. brachyphylla
  • Gasteria carinata var. carinata
  • Gasteria carinata var. glabra
  • Gasteria carinata var. retusa
  • Gasteria carinata var. thunbergii
  • Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
  • Gasteria croucheri
  • Gasteria disticha
  • Gasteria dorineae
  • Gasteria ellaphieae
  • Gasteria excelsa
  • Gasteria glauca
  • Gasteria glomerata
  • Gasteria liliputana
  • Gasteria maculata
  • Gasteria nitida
  • Gasteria obliqua
  • Gasteria pendulifolia
  • Gasteria pillansii var. ernesti-ruschii
  • Gasteria pillansii var. pillansii
  • Gasteria polita
  • Gasteria pulchra
  • Gasteria rawlinsonii
  • Gasteria tukhelensis
  • Gasteria verrucosa
  • Gasteria vlokii

External links

References

  1. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Asphodeloideae 
  2. Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
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