Tulista

Tulista marginata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Tulista
Species: T. kingiana – T. marginata – T. minor – T. pumila

Name

Tulista Raf., Autik. Bot.: 137 (1840)

• Type species: Tulista pumila (L.) G.D.Rowley Alsterworthia Int. 13(2): 26. (2013)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Haworthia sect. Margaritiferae Haw., Saxifrag. enum. 2: 53. (1821)
  • Haworthia subgen. Robustipedunculatae (Uitewaal) M. B. Bayer [as Robustipedunculares Uitewaal ex M. B. Bayer], Haworthia Handbook: 14. (1976), syn. nov. Haworthia [unranked] Robustipendunculatae Uitewaal, Succulenta (Amsterdam): 51. (1947) Lectotype, designated by Bayer (1976): Haworthia margaritifera (L.) Haw. (= Tulista pumila (L.) G.D.Rowley Alsterworthia Int. 13(2): 26. (2013)).
• Heterotypic
  • Haworthia sect. Albicantes Haw., Saxifrag. enum. 2: 52. (1821)
    • Type species: Haworthia albicans Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 91. (1812)
      

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1840. Autikon Botanikon 137.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tulista in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tulista. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 11 2017.
• Manning, J.C. Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & van der Bank, M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: a final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids? Systematic Botany 39(1): 55–74. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Molteno, S. 2017. A new combination in Tulista, T. kingiana (Asphodeloideae, Xanthorrhoeaceae / Alooideae, Asphodelaceae). Phytotaxa 297(3): 285–286. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.3.8Reference page. 
• Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Molteno, S. 2018. A new combination in Tulista, T. minor (Alooideae, Asphodelaceae). Phytotaxa 346(2): 201-202. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.346.2.8 Reference page. 

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