× Gasteraloe

× Gasteraloe
Gasteraloe "beguinii"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Angiosperms
Class:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Xanthorrhoeaceae
Genus:	× Gasteraloe
Species
See text.

×Gasteraloe (also known as ×Gastrolea) is a category of hybrid plants, from mixtures of species from the Aloe and Gasteria genera.

Description

Gasteraloe hybrids are typically stemless or almost stemless. Their succulent leaves, which are usually spotted or marked and have toothed margins, form rosettes.

Aloe variegata and Aloe aristata are especially commonly used for these hybrids, as they are far more amenable to hybridization with Gasterias than most other Aloes.

List of known hybrids

Gasteraloe "grey ghost"

Gasteraloe "short green"

Among the range of Gasteraloe hybrids that are known so far are:

• ×Gasteraloe bedinghausii (Radl) Guillaumin
  = Aloe aristata × Gasteria disticha
• ×Gasteraloe beguinii (hort. ex Radl) Guillaumin
  = Aloe aristata × Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
  • ×Gasteraloe beguinii nothovar. beguinii
  • ×Gasteraloe beguinii nothovar. chludowii (Radl) G.D.Rowley
  • ×Gasteraloe beguinii nothovar. perfectior (Radl) Guillaumin
• ×Gasteraloe derbetzei (hort. ex A.Berger) Guillaumin
  = Aloe striata × Gasteria acinacifolia
• ×Gasteraloe gloriosa (Guillaumin) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe purpurea × Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor
• ×Gasteraloe lapaixii (Radl) Guillaumin
  = Aloe aristata × Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor
  • ×Gasteraloe lapaixii nothovar. lapaixii
  • ×Gasteraloe lapaixii nothovar. latifolia (Radl) Guillaumin
• ×Gasteraloe lynchii (Baker) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe striata × Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
• ×Gasteraloe mortolensis (A.Berger) Guillaumin
  = Aloe ?variegata × Gasteria acinacifolia
• ×Gasteraloe nowotnyi (Radl) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe aristata × Gasteria sp.
• ×Gasteraloe peacockii (Baker) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe sp. × Gasteria acinacifolia
• ×Gasteraloe pethamensis (Baker) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe variegata × Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
• ×Gasteraloe pfrimmeri Guillaumin
  = Aloe variegata × Gasteria sp.
• ×Gasteraloe prorumpens (A.Berger) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe sp. × Gasteria sp.
• ×Gasteraloe quehlii (Radl) G.D.Rowley
  = Aloe sp. × Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor
• ×Gasteraloe radlii L.E.Newton
  = Aloe variegata oder Aloe serrulata (= Aloe sp.) × Gasteria sp.
• ×Gasteraloe rebutii (hort. ex A.Berger) Guillaumin
  = Aloe variegata × Gasteria sp.
• ×Gasteraloe sculptilis G.D.Rowley ex L.E.Newton
  = Aloe variegata × Gasteria × cheilophylla
• ×Gasteraloe simoniana (Deleuil) Guillaumin
  = Aloe striata × Gasteria disticha
• ×Gasteraloe smaragdina (hort. ex A.Berger) Guillaumin
  = Aloe variegata × Gasteria acinacifolia

In addition to those listed, there are a great many other hybrids, and more are continually being created.^[1]

References

• Urs Eggli, ed. (2001) (in German), Sukkulenten-Lexikon. Einkeimblättrige Pflanzen (Monocotyledonen), Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer, pp. 197–199, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 

1. Leonard E. Newton: Unnamed hybrids of xGasteraloe alliance. In: Bradleya. Band 16, 1998, S. 115–118.

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