Skip to content
Aloe aristata
EntityQ133923· pop 24· linked from 11 articles

Aloe aristata

Sign in to save

Also known as Guinea-fowl Aloe

Aristaloe is a genus of evergreen flowering perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae from Southern Africa. Its sole species is Aristaloe aristata, known as guinea-fowl aloe or lace aloe.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Aloe aristata, and connects out to South Africa, Lesotho and plant.

It sits within the topics Asphodeloideae, Flora of KwaZulu-Natal and Flora of Lesotho.

Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsphodelaceae
Observations recorded83

Common Name: torch plant

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
With media
16
Family
Asphodelaceae
Collections
DES, DOV, USCH, K, NY, MNHN
Recorded in
South Africa, United States, CuraçAo

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Aloe
Image
Aloe aristata.jpg
Show 6 more facts
taxon rank
species
Commons category
Aristaloe aristata
taxon name
Aloe aristata
taxon common name
resasta aloja
short name
A. aristata
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Naming and taxonomy
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Cultivation
  • References

Aristaloe is a genus of evergreen flowering perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae from Southern Africa. Its sole species is Aristaloe aristata, known as guinea-fowl aloe or lace aloe.

==Naming and taxonomy== thumb|Rosette This species is known locally as "serelei" (Sesotho for "slippery one") or "langnaaldaalwyn" (Afrikaans for "long-spined aloe"). In English it is usually known as the "lace aloe" or "guinea-fowl aloe".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aloe aristata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (3)

Connections

Categories