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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" ID-GBIF-Dataset="447d0c45-35c7-4aaa-b3b3-acbf7069da06" ID-PMC="PMC7082394" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-142-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" ID-PubMed="32210671" ModsDocID="1314-2003-142-1" checkinTime="1584104974826" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Klopper, Ronell R., Crouch, Neil R., Smith, Gideon F. & van Wyk, Abraham E." docDate="2020" docId="6ACAA10414D752378A3538C8CFB203CF" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe maculata subsp. maculata" docType="treatment" docVersion="4" id="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" masterDocTitle="A synoptic review of the aloes (Asphodelaceae, Alooideae) of KwaZulu-Natal, an ecologically diverse province in eastern South Africa" masterLastPageNumber="88" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668139702755" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A synoptic review of the aloes (Asphodelaceae, Alooideae) of KwaZulu-Natal, an ecologically diverse province in eastern South Africa</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Klopper, Ronell R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Crouch, Neil R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Smith, Gideon F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>van Wyk, Abraham E.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>PhytoKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:number>142</mods:number>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1314-2003-142-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="162487027" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6ACAA10414D752378A3538C8CFB203CF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6ACAA10414D752378A3538C8CFB203CF" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="6ACAA104-14D7-5237-8A35-38C8CFB203CF" authority="All. subsp. maculata" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe maculata subsp. maculata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="maculata" subSpecies="maculata">Aloe maculata All. subsp. maculata</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common soap aloe (English); bontaalwyn (Afrikaans); amahlala, icena (isiZulu).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Acaulescent plants or with
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stem</emphasis>
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up to 0.5 m; rosettes solitary or suckering to form dense groups.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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densely rosulate, erectly spreading to slightly recurved, upper surface pale to darker green, with numerous, dull, white spots in irregular broken, wavy, transverse bands, lower surface paler green, obscurely lineate and usually without spots, ovate-lanceolate, up to 25-30 cm long, 8-12 cm wide, with dried twisted apex; margin with pungent, horny, brown teeth, 3-5 mm long,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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10 mm apart; exudate clear.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.4-1.0 m high, erect, branched.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Racemes</emphasis>
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capitate-corymbose, 10-12 cm long, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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12-23 mm long, 3-5 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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35-45 mm long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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usually salmon pink to orange, sometimes yellow or red, 35-50 mm long, up to 10 mm across ovary, abruptly constricted above ovary to form sub-globose basal swelling, enlarging towards wide open mouth, cylindrical, slightly decurved; outer segments free for 10-15 mm;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted 1-3 mm;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted to 5 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">June-September in the north, December-January in the south.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Variety of grasslands, scrub, thicket and on rocky outcrops.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authority="subsp. maculata" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe maculata subsp. maculata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="maculata" subSpecies="maculata">Aloe maculata subsp. maculata</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from other maculate aloes in KwaZulu-Natal (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe dewetii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dewetii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe dewetii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe mudenensis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mudenensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe mudenensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schoenland" authorityYear="2020" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe parvibracteata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parvibracteata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parvibracteata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="I. Verd. & D. S. Hardy" authorityYear="1965" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe prinslooi" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="prinslooi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe prinslooi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1936" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe pruinosa" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pruinosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe pruinosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe suffulta" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="suffulta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe suffulta</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe umfoloziensis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="umfoloziensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe umfoloziensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityYear="2006" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe vanrooyenii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vanrooyenii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe vanrooyenii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo" authorityYear="2018" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe viridiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viridiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe viridiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) by its branched inflorescence (0.4-1.0 m high) with flat-topped, capitate, dense racemes (up to 10-12
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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12-16 cm) and pedicels of 35-45 mm long. Flowers are usually salmon pink to orange, sometimes yellow or red, 35-50 mm long, with a sub-globose basal swelling (up to 10 mm diameter). Leaves are spreading to slightly recurved, up to 25-30
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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8-12 cm and spotted on the upper surface, with the paler lower surface obscurely lineate and usually without spots. Marginal teeth are 3-5 mm long.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Least Concern (
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<bibRefCitation author="Raimondo, D" journalOrPublisher="South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B37" refString="Raimondo, D, Von Staden, L, Foden, W, Victor, JE, Helme, NA, Turner, RC, Kamundi, DA, Manyama, PA, 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria." title="Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria." year="2009">Raimondo et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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This subspecies is one of the most widely distributed of the spotted aloes. It occurs from the Cape Peninsula through the Western and Eastern Cape, into the eastern Free State, through KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, South Africa; also in Lesotho and Eswatini (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Aloe maculata subsp. maculata. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388247" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">21</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notes.</paragraph>
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One other subspecies is recognised, namely
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. maculata subsp. ficksburgensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="subSpecies" species="maculata" subSpecies="ficksburgensis">A. maculata subsp. ficksburgensis</taxonomicName>
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(Reynolds) Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo, which is only known from the eastern Free State, South Africa and western Lesotho.
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388247" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 21" startId="F21">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 21.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="subsp. maculata" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe maculata subsp. maculata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="maculata" subSpecies="maculata">Aloe maculata subsp. maculata</taxonomicName>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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