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Two new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from the Eastern Humid Forest of Madagascar.
Two new species of Aloe were found in the eastern rainforest of Madagascar during a Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre (KMCC) Team expedition in November 2014. The first species, Aloe vatovavensis is rare in this habitat. The second, Aloe rakotonasoloi, exhibits characters that are intermediate between the features of Aloe s.str....Rakotoarisoa, Solofo E. ; Rakotonasolo, Franck ; Rabarijaona, Romer N. ; Grace, Olwen M.
Monocots, Taxonomy, Rainforest, Lomatophyllum, Aloe, and Succulent plant
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Master's dissertation
Evolution of unique aloes on Madagascar.
Dee, Richard
Madagascar, Aloe, and Evolution
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Atlas of leaf surface micromorphology in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) from the Horn of Africa region.
The confident identification to species rank of fragmentary and sterile plant material is often challenged by the absence of diagnostic characters, which are present in intact specimens, reproductive parts, and plants in habitat. Here, we consider leaf surface micromorphology for the identification of the genus Aloe in the Horn of... -
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Uses and perceived sustainability of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) in the central and northern Highlands of Ethiopia.
Fentaw, Eshetu ; Dagne, Kifle ; Wondimu, Tigist ; Demissew, Sebsebe ; Bjorå, Charlotte S. …
Conservation, Ethiopia, Ethnobotany, Biocultural value, Aloe, Aloes, Sustainable use, and Natural resources
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Aloiampelos tenuior var. ernstii, a new orange-flowered variety of rambling aloe (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae).
A red- and several yellow-flowered variants of Aloiampelos tenuior (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a species of scrambling aloe, are well known, including in cultivation, and apart from the autonymic variety, at least four others have been given taxonomic recognition at that rank. The yellow-flowered varieties of A. tenuior are predominantly, but...Smith, Gideon F. ; Figueiredo, Estrela ; Klopper, Ronell R. ; Campbell, Eileen E. ; Martin, Kristen
Aloiampelos tenuior var. ernstii, Aloe, South Africa, and New cultivars