Biology:Aloe falcata

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Short description: Species of succulent

Aloe falcata
A succulent plant with red leaves growing in the dirt. The green sign next to it reads "Aloe falcata"
Aloe falcata photographed at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, United States
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species:
A. falcata
Binomial name
Aloe falcata
Baker

Aloe falcata is a species of succulent plant in the genus Aloe. Described by English botanist John Gilbert Baker in 1880,[2] it is known only from the Northern Cape and north-west Western Cape in South Africa.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Aloe falcata Baker" (in en). UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. https://speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/24881. 
  2. "Aloe falcata Baker" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/3A529447-1. 
  3. Newton, L.E. (2020). "Aloe Asphodelaceae". in Eggli, Urs; Nyffeler, Reto. Monocotyledons. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants (Second ed.). Berlin, Germany: Springer Nature. pp. 557. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-56486-8. ISBN 978-3-662-56484-4. OCLC 1145609055. 

Wikidata ☰ Q309839 entry