Wooleya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Wooleya
L.Bolus
Species:
W. farinosa
Binomial name
Wooleya farinosa
(L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Synonyms

Namaquanthus farinosus L.Bolus

Wooleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Wooleya farinosa.[1] It is also in tribe Ruschieae.

It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]

The genus name of Wooleya is in honour of Charles Hugh Frederick Wooley (1894–1969), an English naval officer, natural scientist and citrus grower. He also supplied Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden with succulents from around South Africa.[2] The Latin specific epithet of farinosa means farinaceous (having a floury texture or grainy) derived from farina meaning flour.[3] It was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.27 on page 48 in 1960.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wooleya L.Bolus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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