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Aloe spicata

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

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Aloe spicata flowering along the coast of Mozambique, near Maputo. [photo Ton Rulkens ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Dark-capped bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor) working the flower spike of Aloe spicata. Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Publications

  • Glen, H.F. & Hardy, D.S. 1995. Aloe section Anguialoe and the problem of Aloe spicata L.f. (Aloaceae). Haseltonia 3: 92–103.