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Aloe arenicola

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae > Genus: Aloe

Aloe arenicola Aloe arenicola

Male (left) and female (right) Malachite sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa) taking nectar from  and pollinating Aloe arenicola flowering in winter at the Groenrivier mouth in Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]