Gonialoe

Gonialoe (the partridge aloes) is a small genus of three succulent plant species—Gonialoe dinteri, Gonialoe sladeniana and Gonialoe variegata—endemic to coastal South Africa, Namibia and Angola. They were formerly included within the larger, related genus Aloe.

Gonialoe
Gonialoe variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Tribe: Aloeae
Genus: Gonialoe
(Baker) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning
Type species
Gonialoe variegata
(L.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning
Species
Distribution map of the three Gonialoe species.
  G. dinteri   G. sladeniana

  G. variegata

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