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Accession Data:

Aloe cremnophila Reynolds

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Asphodelaceae

  • Country of Origin: Somalia - northern region
  • Habitat: on cliff faces in Juniperus-Pistacia forest

  • Description: Known only from northern Somalia (endemic to Daloh and Mait escarpments near Erigavo between 2,000 and 2,133 m).3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500956
  • Source: NYBG
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2208 - XER:Horn of Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asphodelaceae
  • SubFamily: Asphodeloideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Somalia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
  3. Aloe cremnophila at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, December 15, 2016.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:06:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae

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