Aloe ferox (Aloe)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Cape Aloe, Tap Aloe

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.[1]

Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: December. • Flower Color: dark red, gold, near white, orange, red, red-orange, scarlet, white, yellow-orange

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 4-6' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 4-6' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Liliidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Suborder: Asphodelineae ()
        Family: Asphodelaceae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
        Genus: Aloe () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Aloe [Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants]
        Subgenus: nom ()
        Specific epithet: ferox - Mill.
        Botanical name: - Aloe ferox Mill.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 06-Jan-2005

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2669918
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-297380
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13763428
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:529449-1
GRIN Nomen Number: 2541
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505880
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 529449-1
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ALFE2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17682

Footnotes

"Aloe". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 410. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

Aloe ferox

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Aloe

Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

Biology

Growth

Taxonomy

Notes

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aloe

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