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Aloe abhaica

Description

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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.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Magnoliophyta () - Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 - Flowering Plants
      - Subphylum: Spermatophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Liliopsida () - Scopoli, 1760
        Subclass: Liliidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Liliales ()
        Family: Aloeaceae ()
        Genus: Aloe () - Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 319. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 150. 1754. - Aloe [Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants]
        Specific epithet: abhaica - Lavranos & Collen.
        Botanical name: - Aloe abhaica Lavranos & Collen.

Notes

Publishing author : Lavranos & Collen. Publication : in Cact. Succ. J. (U.S.A.), 72(2): 87 (2000), without latin descr. 2000

Similar Species

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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

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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

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Contributors

The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1128959

Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-09-06