A Systematic Assessment Of The Relationship Between Aloe Macrocarpa Todaro And Aloe Ateritia Engler (aloaceae

Species delimitation in the genus Aloe has proved complicated due torninterlocked morphologies. This study investigated the taxonomic relationshipsrnof Aloe macrocmpa Todaro and A. lateritia Engler using both morphologicalrnand molecular teclmiques. The morphological results indicated that the natmernof variation in the populations of the two taxa is continuous. Microscopicrnstudies of pollen grains and the leaf cuticle showed little differentiation amongrnpopulations of the two taxa. The low genetic distances «0.3) between thernpopulations studied are in support of the hypothesis that the populations may bernconspecific, suggesting infraspecific rauk(s) for the taxa.

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