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<taxonomicName id="B195274AAD5A354294E984492366451B" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe sessiliflora" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sessiliflora">
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Pole Evans.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Lebombo aloe (English); Lebombo-aalwyn (Afrikaans); inhlaba (Zulu).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A9C427E7D6A1B52D302C6666F8737ABA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Lebombo aloe (English); Lebombo-aalwyn (Afrikaans); inhlaba (Zulu).</paragraph>
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Acaulescent to arborescent or shrubby plants.
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1-2 m high, unbranched or branched low down or high up, erect to decumbent, with persistent dried leaves.
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densely rosulate, spreading to slightly recurved, green to sometimes almost entirely reddish on upper surface, without markings, lanceolate-attenuate, canaliculate, 50-80 cm long, 7-10 cm wide; margin reddish, with small deep pink to reddish teeth, 1-2 mm long, 8-15 mm apart; exudate pale honey-coloured.
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0.6-1.2 m high, erect, simple.
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cylindrical, 30-50 cm long, 4-5 cm diameter, very dense.
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10 mm long, 6 mm wide.
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absent.
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:
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buds pale brownish-red, greenish-yellow when mature, 14-15 mm long, 5-6 mm across ovary, widening towards wide open mouth, campanulate; outer segments free to base;
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exserted to 10 mm;
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exserted 10-12 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">June-August.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FF101C79A0014744E5A5504296F255A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">June-August.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wide variety of soils and habitats, including steep rocky slopes and cliffs. It is never found in exposed situations in deep soil.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6B41434913D625236C8B185EAAF1E8A0" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="107F5B62CDD93DFAA5C8C122CA920FAF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wide variety of soils and habitats, including steep rocky slopes and cliffs. It is never found in exposed situations in deep soil.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spicata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="C49A7A4F08635FC80AEAEA276EAF685B" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spicata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">
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is one of only two aloes indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal that have sessile campanulate flowers with dark nectar in a simple inflorescence. It differs from
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in often being acaulescent in KwaZulu-Natal or sometimes having erect to decumbent stems (not procumbent), spreading to recurved leaves (not erect) and an erect inflorescence (not oblique). Racemes of
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are narrow (4-5 cm wide) with greenish-yellow flowers (not pinkish-brown). The ovary is uniformly green (without red lines).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="33DFD30AB8340809AF8DEFF7A3D6399A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Least Concern (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Northern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo in South Africa, also throughout Eswatini and in southern Mozambique, with an isolated record in Zimbabwe (Fig.
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Grass aloe of
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0.30-0.36 m tall.
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0.06-0.14 m high, erect, sometimes unbranched, usually suckering to form clumps; without persistent dried leaves.
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distichous becoming semi-rosulate, flaccidly spreading, mid-green to light yellowish-green, occasionally with a few scattered white spots towards base, spots more common on lower surface, texture smooth, narrowly linear, tapering towards apex, canaliculate, 20-46 cm long, 2.0-3.5 cm wide; margin coarse, faintly ivory-coloured, mostly without teeth or sometimes with tiny, harmless, triangular, ivory-coloured to greenish-white teeth, less than 0.5 mm long, 5-10 mm apart; exudate drying translucent.
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0.30-0.46 m tall, erect, simple.
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capitate, 3.0-3.5 cm long, 5-6 cm wide, dense.
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10-26 mm long.
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metallic salmon-pink above, greenish below, purplish-brown tipped, lightly pruinose, 13-16 mm long, 5 mm across middle, enlarging towards slightly open, distinctly upturned mouth, tubular cymbiform; outer segments free for most of their length;
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,
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe minima</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="867E37C47D504E8C6068957B8F126477" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe minima</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parviflora</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9A92F96591A27A7A7EC7535B27715610" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parviflora</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6332F7F7C80A0AD33B9397704BC175F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</emphasis>
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), by the unbranched inflorescences (0.30-0.46 m high) with dense, capitate racemes and pedicels 25-30 mm long. The small flowers (13-16 mm long) are pruinose, greenish below and a metallic salmon-pink above, with a distinctly upturned mouth. The distichous to semi-rosulate leaves (20-46
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2.0-3.5 cm) are flaccidly spreading and occasionally with a few scattered white spots towards the base, more commonly on the lower surface. Rosettes are usually in dense groups (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F7388ED11EF33C9B07EBA51624DA20B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Critically Endangered. Threats include habitat degradation due to overgrazing, urban expansion and commercial afforestation (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="863C9F63A45BC1F35532BBFFB910D3EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known from a small area near Babanango in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 29.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe nicholsii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C28B2CC8F32643898329BCD7040186E4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 29.</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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