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Aloe ramosissima

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 ramosissima

Aloe ramosissima flowering in autumn in Paradys Kloof, Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe ramosissima

The flowers of Aloe ramosissima in winter on Cornell's Kop, Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Publications

  • Rebelo, A.G., Holmes, P.M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Samper, C., Knight, R.S., Kurzweil, H. & Pabst, P. 1989. Branching patterns in Aloe dichotoma—is A. ramosissima a separate species? Madoqua 16: 23–26.