× ''Gasteraloe'' (also known as × ''Gastrolea'') is a genus of hybrid plants, from mixtures of species from the ''

Aloe ''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloë'') is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering succulent plants.WFO (2022): Aloe L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000001341. Accessed on: 06 Nov 2022 The most wid ...

'' or '' Aristaloe'' and ''

Gasteria ''Gasteria'' is a genus of succulent plants, native to South Africa (and the far south-west corner of Namibia). Naming The genus is named for its stomach-shaped flowers (''"gaster"'' is Latin for "stomach") that result from the swollen base on t ...

'' 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. ''

Gonialoe variegata ''Gonialoe variegata'' ( syn. ''Aloe variegata''), also known as tiger aloe and partridge-breasted aloe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is an evergreen succulent perennial indigenous to South Africa and Namibia. ...

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Aristaloe aristata ''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 This species is known loc ...

'' 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

Among the range of × ''Gasteraloe'' hybrids that are known so far are: * × ''Gasteraloe bedinghausii'' (Radl) Guillaumin
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Gasteria disticha ''Gasteria disticha'' is succulent plant native to the Western Cape, South Africa. Description This species of ''Gasteria'' has its strap-shaped leaves in two opposite rows (distichous), from whence its Latin species name comes. In its vegeta ...

'' * × ''Gasteraloe beguinii'' (hort. ex Radl) Guillaumin
= ''Aristaloe 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
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Aloe striata ''Aloe striata'', with the common name coral aloe, is a small, stemless South African Aloe species. Distribution This species occurs quite widely over the southern parts of the Cape Floristic Region, in the Eastern Cape Province and Western Cape ...

'' × ''

Gasteria acinacifolia ''Gasteria acinacifolia'' ("Dune Gasteria") is succulent plant native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Description It is the tallest of the ''Gasteria'' species (even larger than its close relative to the east, '' Gasteria excelsa'') ...

'' * × ''Gasteraloe gloriosa'' (Guillaumin) G.D.Rowley
= '' Aloe purpurea'' × ''Gasteria bicolor'' var. ''bicolor'' * × ''Gasteraloe lapaixii'' (Radl) Guillaumin
= ''Aristaloe 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
= ''Gonialoe ?variegata'' × ''Gasteria acinacifolia'' * × ''Gasteraloe nowotnyi'' (Radl) G.D.Rowley
= ''Aristaloe aristata'' × ''Gasteria sp.'' * × ''Gasteraloe peacockii'' (Baker) G.D.Rowley
= ''Aloe sp.'' × ''Gasteria acinacifolia'' * × ''Gasteraloe pethamensis'' (Baker) G.D.Rowley
= ''

'' × ''Gasteria carinata'' var. ''verrucosa'' * × ''Gasteraloe pfrimmeri'' Guillaumin
= ''Gonialoe 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
= ''Gonialoe variegata'' or ''Aloe serrulata'' (= ''Aloe sp.'') × ''Gasteria sp.'' * × ''Gasteraloe rebutii'' (hort. ex A.Berger) Guillaumin
= ''Gonialoe variegata'' × ''Gasteria sp.'' * × ''Gasteraloe sculptilis'' G.D.Rowley ex L.E.Newton
= ''Gonialoe variegata'' × ''Gasteria'' × ''cheilophylla'' * × ''Gasteraloe simoniana'' (Deleuil) Guillaumin
= ''Aloe striata'' × ''

'' * × ''Gasteraloe smaragdina'' (hort. ex A.Berger) Guillaumin
= ''Gonialoe variegata'' × ''Gasteria acinacifolia'' In addition to those listed, there are a great many other hybrids, and more are continually being created.Leonard E. Newton: ''Unnamed hybrids of ×''Gasteraloe'' alliance''. In: '' Bradleya''. Band 16, 1998, S. 115–118.

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