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Succulent taxonomic card

Astroloba congesta

(Salm-Dyck) Uitewaal

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Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Astroloba

Name and source scope

Accepted name in WCVP 16, 4 June 2026 edition. This card documents nomenclature. Inclusion in the succulent scope is supported by the cited source. [27-WWW]

First publication of the name · Succulenta (Netherlands) 28: 54 (1947)

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Synonyms and earlier names

  • Aloe congesta Salm-Dyck · homotypic synonym
  • Aloe deltoidea Hook.f.
  • Apicra congesta (Salm-Dyck) Baker · homotypic synonym
  • Apicra deltoidea (Hook.f.) Baker
  • Apicra deltoidea var. intermedia A.Berger
  • Apicra deltoidea var. turgida (Baker) A.Berger
  • Apicra turgida Baker
  • Astroloba deltoidea (Hook.f.) Uitewaal
  • Astroloba deltoidea var. intermedia (A.Berger) Uitewaal
  • Haworthia congesta (Salm-Dyck) Parr · homotypic synonym
  • Haworthia deltoidea (Hook.f.) Parr
  • Haworthia deltoidea var. intermedia (A.Berger) Parr
  • Haworthia deltoidea var. turgida (Baker) Parr
  • Haworthia shieldsiana Parr
  • Tulista congesta (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley · homotypic synonym

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