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Aloe microstigma

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 microstigma

Aloe microstigma flowering in winter alongside Euphorbia mauritanica in succulent karoo vegetation near Koppies with the snow covered Riviersonderend Mountains beyond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe microstigma

A massed flowering in winter of Aloe microstigma in Succulent Karoo vegetation in the Worcester/Robertson Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Publications

  • Dagne, E., Bisrat, D., Van Wyk, B.-E., Viljoen, A.M., Hellwig, G. & Steglich, W. 1997. Anthrones from Aloe microstigma. Phytochemistry 44: 1271–1274.