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Aloe ferox
[= Aloe candelabrum]
Tapaalwyn, Opregte-aalwyn [Afrikaans]
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 ferox flowering in winter in the
Little Karoo east of Ladismith with the Swartberg Mountains in the
distance, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Aloe ferox, Robberg Nature Reserve,
Plettenberg Bay. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Aloe ferox. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Publications
- Van der Bank, F.H. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 1996.
Biochemical genetic markers to identify hybrids between Aloe arborescens and
A. ferox (Aloaceae). South African
Journal of Botany 62: 328–331.
- Van Wyk, B.-E., Van Oudtshoorn, M.C.B. & Smith,
G.F. 1995. Geographical variation in the major
compounds of Aloe ferox leaf exudate. Planta Medica
61: 250–253.
- Viljoen, A.M., Van Wyk, B.-E., Van der Bank, F.H. &
Smith, G.F. 1996. A biochemical and chemical
evaluation of the species concept of Aloe candelabrum
(Aloaceae). Taxon 45: 461–471.
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