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Aloe erinacea D.S.Hardy
Bothalia 10(2): 366 (1971); et in Aloe, 10(2): 22 (1972).
Family: ALOACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea (D.S.Hardy) G.D.Rowley
Excelsa 9: 71, 80, (1980)

Aloe erinacea (Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea) Photo by: Viviana Alejandra Castro

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Aloe melanacantha A.Berger
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(1): 63. 1905 [28 Feb 1905]

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea (D.S.Hardy) G.D.Rowley
Excelsa 9: 71, 80, (1980)
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Aloe melanacantha group

  • Aloe melanacantha A.Berger
  • Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea (D.S.Hardy) G.D.Rowley: has open rosettes of spreading leaves and shorter flowers.Leaves blue-grey armed with sharp white or black spines, arranged singularly along the keel and margins. Distribution: Namibia (Lüderitz to Witputs)

17780 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Aloe erinacea (Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
29077 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Aloe erinacea (Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

18933 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Aloe erinacea (Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
3132 cactus-art Cactus Art
- (A juvenile specimen) This is a very rare white-spined, somewhat dwarf version of A melanocantha, and is not easily mistaken for another Aloe specie. It's a true gem. (Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea) Photo by: Cactus Art


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