Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 979

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-COMMON_NAMES- Narrow-leaved Tongue Aloe
-GENUS- Aloe
-SPECIES- Aloe lingua (alpha)
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Gasteria 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Gasteria bicolor
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- pink to vermilion
-SEASON- __
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa (E Cape)
-ZONE- 9
-NON_PERF_TERM-SPECIES- Gasteria maculata

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 25
-PUB_DATE- 1806
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0428 IMG0102.PCD
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