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Gasteria loedolffiae van Jaarsv.

Asphodelaceae

No habitat climate 6 photographs Cactus or succulent

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Summary

Gasteria loedolffiae, the Mzimvubu ox-tongue, is a succulent plant belonging to the genus Gasteria. The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and occurs on the cliff slopes of the Mzimvubu and Msikaba rivers, in Pondoland.

Text from Wikipedia, “Gasteria loedolffiae”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Gasteria

Gasteria is a genus of succulent plants, native to South Africa and the far south-west corner of Namibia.

Text from Wikipedia, “Gasteria”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Asphodelaceae
Described by
van Jaarsv.
Native to
Cape Provinces
Wild records
1 in range· 1 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Gasteria, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeCape Provinces
Kew's description“succulent perennial” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Photographs

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Photographs: (c) Sunčana Bradley, some rights reserved (CC BY) (2); Sunčana Bradley, CC BY, iNaturalist via GBIF (3).

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Gasteria loedolffiae, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2025) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Other Gasteria 25 in the reference

History & registers

Where this page came from built 2026-09-20 · dossier v2 · node
gbif.species answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.synonyms answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.vernacular answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
wcvp.distribution answered
gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
wikidata answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
wikipedia answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
inat.taxon answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
inat.photos.wild answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
inat.photos.cultivated nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: filled 2026-09-20
commons nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
gbif.media answered
openalex answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped

Every upstream is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, or refused. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 1 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.