Aloinopsis

Aloinopsis is a genus of ice plants from South Africa.

Aloinopsis
Aloinopsis setifera in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Aloinopsis
Schwantes
Species

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Description

This genus is closely related to the similar Titanopsis, Deilanthe and Nananthus genera. Aloinopsis species have a rather large tuberous root system, and are occasionally cultivated for their looks. They also tend to grow more "heads" when they are raised. Most Aloinopsis are winter growers and can react badly to too much water at the wrong time. Aloinopsis malherbei reportedly have "blunt tips to their leaves, which are densely covered with prominent white tubercles."[1]

Distribution
Aloinopsis malherbei
Aloinopsis rubrolineata

The species of Aloinopsis are indigenous to an arid area stretching across the border between the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. Most species occur in an arid winter-rainfall area. An outlying species occurs in the far north eastern corner of the Northern Cape.[2]

Species and varieties of Aloinopsis
  • Aloinopsis luckhoffii[3]
  • Aloinopsis malherbei (Giant jewel plant)
  • Aloinopsis meridionalis[3]
  • Aloinopsis peersii[3]
  • Aloinopsis orpenii[3]
  • Aloinopsis rosulata
  • Aloinopsis rubrolineata
  • Aloinopsis schooneesii
  • Aloinopsis schwant[4]
  • Aloinopsis setifera
  • Aloinopsis aloides (synonym of Nananthus aloides)
  • Aloinopsis hilmarii (synonym of Deilanthe hilmarii)
  • Aloinopsis spathulata[5]
  • Aloinopsis thudichumii[3]
  • Aloinopsis vittata (synonym of Nananthus vittatus)
  • Aloinopsis villetii[3]
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References
  1. Gardeners chronicle & new horticulturist. Haymarket Publishing. 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. http://www.succulentguide.com/cactus/?genus=Aloinopsis
  3. Minnesota. University. Andersen Horticultural Library (2004). Andersen Horticultural Library's source list of plants and seeds: a completely revised listing of 2000-2004 catalogs. Andersen Horticultural Library, University of Minnesota Libraries. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-915679-10-2. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. Journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. Cactus and Succulent Society of America. 1929. p. 128. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. The Bulletin of the African Succulent Plant Society. African Succulent Plant Society. 1974. p. 20. Retrieved 29 April 2012.


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