Gonialoe | |
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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
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Species | |
Distribution map of the three Gonialoe species. G. dinteri G. sladeniana G. variegata |
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.[1]