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Aloe marlothii

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 marlothii. [photo Paul Avenant ©]

Aloe marlothii. [photo Paul Avenant ©]

Ecological interactions

Aloe marlothii

Female Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) working the flower spike of Aloe marlothii. Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe marlothii

Male White-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) working the flower spike of Aloe marlothii. Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe marlothii

Male Marico sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) working the flower spike of Aloe marlothii. Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. & Hardy, D.S. 1987. Aloe marlotthii subsp. orientalis. Flowering Plants of Africa 49: t.1943.