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Aloe elegans

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Name

Identification
Aloe elegans Tod. [family ALOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Reynolds, Aloe abyssinica Lam. [family ALOACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Aloe aethiopica A.Berger [family ALOACEAE ] Verified by Greenway,
Related name
  • Aloe abyssinica
  • Aloe elegans
  • Aloe aethiopica

Flora

Entry for ALOE abyssinica Baker Var. Peacockii [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE abyssinica Baker Var. Peacockii [family ALOACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 175.
ALOE elegans Todaro [family ALOACEAE], Hort. Bot. Panorm. ii. 25, t. 29.
Information
Leaves lanceolate ensiform, 18–21 in. long, 5–6 in. broad low down. Flowers bright yellow.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land
Notes
Cultivated by the late Mr. Peacock at Hammersmith, and by Todaro at Palermo, raised from seeds received from Schimper. No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. A. Deleuili, Hort., is a garden hybrid raised by Deleuil of Hyères by crossing this species with the South African A. ferox.

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