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Aloe hereroensis

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 hereroensis Aloe hereroensis

Aloe hereroensis in flower in winter on a calcrete bank above the dry Auob Riverbed in the Kalahari near Stampriet, Namibia. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe hereroensis in flower in winter on a calcrete bank in the Kalahari near Askam, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe hereroensis

A male Dusky sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus) pollinating an Aloe hereroensis flower in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]