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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

Aloe ferox

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.