Aloe microstigma
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> Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae >
Genus: Aloe
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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 ©] |
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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.
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