Aloe angelica

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Aloe angelica
Aloe angelica - Flora park - Cologne, Germany - DSC00763.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species:
A. angelica
Binomial name
Aloe angelica
Pole-Evans

Aloe angelica (Wylliespoort Aloe) is a species of aloe endemic to the Soutpansberg and Blouberg mountains in the Northern Province of South Africa. It is a large, single-stemmed plant, 3–4 meters in height, with green, succulent leaves, bent backward, and red-budded flowers in compact bunches on much-branched racemes, turning yellow as they flower.

References[]

  • Fl. Pl. South Africa 14: 554 1934.
  • Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park, by Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter, Warren McCleland, Jacana Media, 2002, page 58. ISBN 9781919777306.
  • The Plant List
  • JSTOR
  • Encyclopedia of Life


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