Genus Astroloba Uitewaal

Possible synonym of Haworthia Duval


Summary
Genus number:
13497
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:
Asphodeloideae
Accession count:

1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4) Poellnitzia Uitewaal, nom. rej. prop.


Synonyms
Probable synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Daru, B. H. et al. 2013. Molecular and morphological analysis of subfamily Alooideae (Asphodelaceae) and the inclusion of Chortolirion in Aloe. Taxon 62:62-76.
  2. Klopper, R. R. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Asphodelaceae (Asparagales). Biodiv. Ecol 3:9-36.
  3. Manning, J. et al. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: a final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids? Syst. Bot. 39:55-74. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  4. Rowley, G. D. 2013. Generic concepts in the Alooideae Part 3 - the phylogenetic story. Alsterworthia Int. 13(2):24-26.
  5. Treutlein, J. et al. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships in Asphodelaceae (subfamily Alooideae) inferred from chloroplast DNA sequences (rbcL, matK) and from genomic fingerprinting (ISSR). Taxon 52:193-207.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=13497. Accessed 11 May 2026.