Aloe angelica
Appearance
Aloe angelica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
Genus: | Aloe |
Species: | A. angelica
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Binomial name | |
Aloe angelica Pole-Evans
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Aloe angelica (Wylliespoort Aloe) is a species of aloe endemic to the Soutpansberg and Blouberg mountains in the Northern Province of South Africa. It is a large, single-stemmed plant, 3–4 meters in height, with green, succulent leaves, bent backward, and red-budded flowers in compact bunches on much-branched racemes, turning yellow as they flower.
References
[edit]- Fl. Pl. South Africa 14: 554 1934.
- Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park, by Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter, Warren McCleland, Jacana Media, 2002, page 58. ISBN 9781919777306.
- The Plant List
- JSTOR
- Encyclopedia of Life