Gasteria obliqua (Aiton) Duval
First published in Pl. Succ. Horto Alencon.: 6 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Cape Prov. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Introduced into:
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Aloe macchiata Da Pare in F.A.Gera, Nuovo Diz. Univ. Ragion. Agric. 4: 547 (1835)
- Aloe maculata var. obliqua Aiton in Hort. Kew. 1: 469 (1789)
- Aloe obliqua (Aiton) Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 14 (1804), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aloe bicolor (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 682 (1829)
- Aloe boureana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 662 (1829)
- Aloe dictyodes Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 663 (1829)
- Aloe formosa (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 662 (1829)
- Aloe guttata Salm-Dyck in Hort. Dyck.: 332 (1834)
- Aloe lingua Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 25: t. 979 (1806), nom. illeg.
- Aloe maculata Thunb. in Aloë: 8 (1785), nom. illeg.
- Aloe marmorata Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 58 (1840)
- Aloe nigricans var. fasciata Salm-Dyck in Observ. Bot. Horto Dyck.: 47 (1821)
- Aloe planifolia Baker in W.W.Saunders, Refug. Bot. 3: 162 (1869), nom. illeg.
- Aloe quadrangularis Da Pare in F.A.Gera, Nuovo Diz. Univ. Ragion. Agric. 4: 546 (1835), nom. illeg.
- Aloe vittata Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 662 (1829)
- Aloe zeyheri Salm-Dyck in Aloes Mesembr.: 29 (1836)
- Gasteria bicolor Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 1: 275 (1826 publ. 1827)
- Gasteria bicolor var. fallax (Haw.) van Jaarsv. in Aloe 44: 98 (2007)
- Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana (Poelln.) van Jaarsv. in Aloe 29: 21 (1992)
- Gasteria biformis Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 18 (1940)
- Gasteria caespitosa Poelln. in Kakteenkunde 1937: 165 (1937)
- Gasteria chamaegigas Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 159 (1938)
- Gasteria colubrina N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 8: 38 (1877)
- Gasteria fasciata (Salm-Dyck) Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 349 (1827)
- Gasteria formosa Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 349 (1827)
- Gasteria herreana Poelln. in Desert Pl. Life 10: 154 (1938)
- Gasteria kirsteana Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 15 (1940)
- Gasteria liliputana Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 159 (1938)
- Gasteria lingua (Ker Gawl.) A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 136 (1908), nom. illeg.
- Gasteria loeriensis Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 22 (1940)
- Gasteria longiana Poelln. in Desert Pl. Life 10: 156 (1938)
- Gasteria longibracteata Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 59 (1938)
- Gasteria maculata Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 348 (1827)
- Gasteria maculata var. dregeana A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 122 (1908)
- Gasteria maculata var. fallax Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 349 (1827)
- Gasteria marmorata Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 194 (1880)
- Gasteria multiplex Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 16 (1940)
- Gasteria nigricans var. fasciata (Salm-Dyck) Haw. in Saxifrag. Enum.: 47 (1821)
- Gasteria picta Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 348 (1827)
- Gasteria planifolia (Baker) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 188 (1880)
- Gasteria retata Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 350 (1827)
- Gasteria salmdyckiana Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 57 (1938)
- Gasteria spiralis Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 189 (1880)
- Gasteria spiralis var. tortulata Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 189 (1880)
- Gasteria variolosa Baker in Refug. Bot. 5: t. 347 (1873)
- Gasteria zeyheri (Salm-Dyck) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 190 (1880)
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Gasteria bicolor.]
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325. [Cited as Gasteria bicolor.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images