{{Short description|Genus of succulents}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Astridia_longifolia_pm_01.JPG |image_alt = A red flower with many narrow petals in front of succulent gray-green leaves |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Astridia |authority = Dinter (1926) }}
'''''Astridia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes 14 species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Astridia'' Dinter |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16110-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref> It is named after the wife Astrid of the German botanist and archaeologist Gustav Schwantes (1881–1960).<ref name=Genaust1983>Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' {{ISBN|3-7643-0755-2}}</ref>
==Species== 14 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Astridia alba'' {{small|(L.Bolus) L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia citrina'' {{small|(L.Bolus) L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia dinteri'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia dulcis'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia hallii'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia herrei'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia hillii'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia longifolia'' {{small|(L.Bolus) L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia lutata'' {{small|(L.Bolus) H.Friedrich ex H.E.K.Hartmann}} * ''Astridia parviflora'' {{small|Klak}} * ''Astridia rubra'' {{small|(L.Bolus) L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia speciosa'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia vanheerdei'' {{small|L.Bolus}} * ''Astridia velutina'' {{small|Dinter}}
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Category:Astridia Category:Aizoaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern Africa Category:Plants described in 1926 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Kurt Dinter
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