Species Gasteria carinata
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Etymology of Gasteria:
Gk. gaster = abdomen, belly. The plant is named for its stomach-shaped flowers with swollen stems or the swollen base of the perianth tube (WPU Jackson) or the spikelets (Davesgarden.com).
Etymology of carinata:
From the Latin carina = 'keel' in reference to the midvvein like a keel on the leaf blade.
Scientific name:
Gasteria carinata (Mill.) Duval
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Synonym status:
Acaulescent succulent to 90 cm. Leaves in a rosette or distichous, triangular, often channelled, smooth to tuberculate, margins toothed. Flowers in an inclined raceme, nodding, pink and green, not inflated below. July--Nov. Renosterveld on clay and limestone, NW, SW, AP, LB (Worcester to Mossel Bay).
Observations of Taxon
Gasteria carinata var. carinata
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Name of observer:
Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst (David)
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Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gasteria carinata
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
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Doreen Court (Mr.Drimia)
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Collection:
Gasteria carinata var. carinata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gasteria carinata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/10/2018 - 3:05pm
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