Hoodia alstonii is a succulent shrub with grayish, leafless stems covered with tubercles fused below the middle, creating 20 to 22 obtuse …
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Epithet: alstonii
Derivation: Honors Edward Garwood Alston (1862–1934), a farm manager and plant collector in the Northern Cape province of South Africa who sent plants to Peter MacOwan and Selmar Schönland.
Pronunciation: al-STON-ee-eye
While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.
Adromischus alstonii is a small succulent with decumbent to erect branches that bear grey leaves with flaking wax and occasionally purple …
Cephalophyllum alstonii is a beautiful succulent with creeping stems that bear erect, greyish leaves, forming dense clumps. The stems can …
Crassula alstonii is a beautiful, dwarf succulent with short stems completely covered with grey-green, velvety, closely adpressed leaves …
Anacampseros quinaria subsp. alstonii, formerly known as Anacampseros alstonii or Avonia quinaria subsp. alstonii, is a dwarf, bizarre …