Aloe 'Little Porker'

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Common Names

Description

Genus Aloe

Plants succulent, shrubby or arborescent , scapose . Stems erect , clambering or ascending , branched or not. Leaves succulent, crowded, often rosulate or distichous; blade margins spiny-toothed or entire . Inflorescences axillary or terminal , paniculate to more often racemose, dense, bracteate . Flowers usually nodding ; perianth red to yellow; tepals connate basally to almost entirely into tube ; stamens 3 or 6; style slender; pedicel not articulate . Capsules papery to woody. x = 7.

Species 300 or more: introduced ; primarily s and tropical Africa; also Madagascar, Arabian peninsula, and Atlantic islands (Madeira , Canary, and Cape Verde) ; naturalized in the Mediterranean region, India, and China."Aloe". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 410. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aloe

There are approximately 1145 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. abhaica · A. beguinii · A. imbricata · A. imerinensis · A. lapaixii · A. lynchii · A. mortolensis · A. perfectior · A. qaharensis · A. 'Black Beauty' (Aloe) · A. 'Blue Elf' (Aloe) · A. 'Brass Hat' (Aloe) · A. 'Cholula' (Aloe) · A. 'Crosby's Prolific' · A. 'Doran Black' (Aloe) · A. 'Green Gold' · A. 'Green Peace' · A. 'Harry Butterfield' (Aloe) · A. 'Hey Babe' (Aloe) · A. 'Humvir' · A. 'Johnson's Hybrid' (Aloe) · A. 'Kid's Kandy' (Aloe) · A. 'Lavender Beauty' (Aloe) · A. 'Little Porker' (Aloe) · A. 'Lizard Lips' (Aloe) · A. 'Midas' · A. 'Minibelle' (Aloe) · A. 'Park AVenue' · A. 'Pink Lace' (Aloe) · A. 'Pink Perfection' (Aloe) · A. 'Quick Silver' (Aloe) · A. 'Quicksilver' (Aloe) · A. 'Red Hot Chile' (Aloe) · A. 'Rooikappie' (Aloe) · A. 'Sophie' (Aloe) · A. 'Sparkling Burgundy' (Aloe) · A. 'Tingtinkie' (Aloe) · A. 'Tiny Gem' · A. 'Walmsley's Blue' (Walmsley's Blue Aloe) · A. 'White Stag' (Aloe) · A. 'William Hertrich' (Hybrid Aloe) · A. aageodonta · A. abyssicola · A. abyssinica · A. acinacifolia · A. aculeata (Aloe) · A. acuminata · A. acutissima (Aloe) · A. acutissima var. antanimorensis (Aloe) · A. acutissima var. fiherenensis · A. acutissima var. isaloana · A. adigratana · A. aethiopica · A. affinis (Aloe) · A. africana (Spiny Aloe) · A. agavefolia · A. agrophila · A. ahmarensis · A. albicans · A. albida · A. albida × haworthioides · A. albiflora (Aloe) · A. albispina · A. albocincta · A. albopicta · A. albostriata · A. albovestita · A. aldabrense · A. aldabrensis · A. alfredii · A. alooides (Aloe) · A. altilinea · A. amanensis · A. ambigens · A. ambositrae · A. ambrensis · A. americana · A. amicorum · A. ammophila · A. amoena · A. amudatensis (Aloe) · A. andohahelensis · A. andongensis (Aloe) · A. andongensis var. repens · A. andringitrensis (Aloe) · A. angelica (Aloe) · A. angiensis · A. angolensis · A. angulata · A. angusta · A. angustifolia · A. anivoranoensis · A. ankaranensis · A. ankoberensis · A. antandroi · A. antandroy · A. antonii · A. antoninii · A. antsingyensis · A. arabica

Bibliography

• Moran, R. 1992. Aloe wild in California. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 64: 55-56.
• Reynolds, G. W. 1982. The Aloes of South Africa, ed. 4. Rotterdam.

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.

Identifiers

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 982086

Footnotes

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