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Kniphofia linearifolia

Plant
Common names: common marsh poker (Eng.); vuurpyl (Afr.); Icacane, Umathunga (Zulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... of mostly herbs, with some woody plants, such as the tree aloes. The family is characterized by bearing capsules. There ...

09/12/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloidendron tongaense

Plant
Common names: Tonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, to accommodate all the tree aloes with forked (dichotomous) branching (leaves deciduous ...

05/01/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe vanbalenii

Plant
Common names: van balen's aloe, crawling octopus (Eng.); van-balen-se-aalwyn (Afr.); icenalamatshe, icenandhlovu (isiZulu); lihala (siSwati)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... that, 125 species are found in South Africa. Some of the aloes are also found from Arabia in the north, to Madagascar ...

22/05/2017 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloe varimaculata

Plant
Common names: Humpata aloe (Eng.); Humpata-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... became lost and ended up at the sandstone ridge where the aloes were encountered (See Fig. 11 & 12, in Van Jaarsveld ...

28/08/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe spicata

Plant
Common names: Lebombo aloe, bottle-brush aloe, Gazaland aloe (Eng.); lebombo-aalwyn (Afr.); inhlaba (isiZulu), tshikhopa (Tshivenda)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the name refers to the bitter juice found in the leaves of aloes. The species name spicata is a Latin word meaning ...

06/01/2020 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloe meyeri

Plant
Common names: Rosyntjiesberg aloe (Eng.); rosyntjiesberg-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... named it for him. Aloe meyeri belongs to a group of 7 aloes belonging to section Mitriformis , subsection ...

04/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe pluridens

Plant
Common names: French aloe (Eng.), Fransaalwyn, garaa (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... many plants, and contributed much to our knowledge of aloes and succulents. He was also less than honest, even ...

09/07/2001 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloe brevifolia var brevifolia

Plant
Common names: short-leaved aloe (Eng.); kleinaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Aloe brevifolia may be distinguished from other dwarf aloes by the combination of the clustered growth form and the ...

22/02/2010 | | CREW

Aloe krapohliana

Plant
Common names: Krapohl's aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... making them one of the most floriferous plants of all aloes. The racemes are dense and oblong and remarkably large ...

18/05/2009 | | Harold Porter NBG

Aloe omavandae

Plant
Common names: Omavanda aloe (Eng.); omavanda-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... was first noticed. Aloe omavandae belongs to a group of 5 aloes belonging to series Percrassae Berger. Other members of ...

25/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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