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Aloe brevifolia

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 brevifolia  

Aloe brevifolia leaf rosettes on limestone rock sheets at De Mond just inland from the Agulhas Plain coast, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

 

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