- Aloe ramosissima
-
Aloe ramosissima 
Conservation status Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae clade: Angiosperms clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Subfamily: Asphodeloideae Genus: Aloe Species: A. ramosissima Binomial name Aloe ramosissima
PillansSynonyms A. dichotoma subsp. pillansii (Pillans) Zonn.[1]
Aloe ramosissima is a synomym for Aloe dichotoma var. ramosissima.[1] The species is also called Maiden's Quiver Tree. Found in the arid Richtersveld region around the border of South Africa and Namibia, it is regarded as endangered, and is threatened by habitat loss. It rarely reaches more than 2 m in height and assumes a shrub-like shape.[2]
See the Aloe dichotoma article for further information, including the distinction between A. dichotoma var. ramosissima and the other subspecies.
Flowering Aloe ramosissima in cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town.
References
- ^ a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=297891, retrieved 2011-05-23
- ^ Court D: Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. 2010. ISBN 978-1-77007-587-0
Further reading
- Hilton-Taylor, C. 1998. Aloe ramosissima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 20 August 2007.
This Asparagales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
