Wooleya

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Wooleya

|parent_authority = L.Bolus

|species = farinosa

|authority = (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

|synonyms = Namaquanthus farinosus {{small|L.Bolus}}

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Wooleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Wooleya farinosa.{{cite web |title=Wooleya L.Bolus {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1068-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=en}} It is also in tribe Ruschieae.

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

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.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of farinosa means

farinaceous (having a floury texture or grainy) derived from farina meaning flour.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

It was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.27 on page 48 in 1960.