Aloe arborescens
Life
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Genus: Aloe
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Aloe arborescens, Upper Muvumodzi Valley,
Chimanimani Mountains, Mozambique. [photo Stefaan Dondeyne ©,
Flora of
Mozambique] |
Aloe arborescens 'Jack Marais' under
cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South
Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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A male Greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris
afer) pollinating Aloe arborescens on the Garden Route,
Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A male Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris
chalybeus) taking nectar from an Aloe arborescens flower
at Kirstenbosch on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Aloe arborescens, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba,
Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©,
Flora
of Zimbabwe] |
Aloe arborescens, Buffelskloof Nature
Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [photo John E. Burrows ©] |
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A female Greater double-collared sunbird (Cynnyris
afer) taking nectar from and pollinating Aloe arborescens
in flower in early summer at Lotheni in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones © |
A male Amethyst sunbird (Chalcomitra
amethystina) taking nectar from and pollinating Aloe
arborescens in flower in early summer at Lotheni in the KwaZulu-Natal
Drakensberg, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones © |
Links
Publications
- Van der Bank, F.H. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 1996.
Biochemical genetic markers to identify hybrids between Aloe arborescens and
A. ferox (Aloaceae). South African
Journal of Botany 62: 328–331.
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