Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo Author Smith, Gideon F. Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa & H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa & Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001 - 455 Coimbra, Portugal. G.Smith@sanbi.org.za Author Figueiredo, Estrela Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001 - 455 Coimbra, Portugal & Department of Botany, P. O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa estrelafigueiredo@hotmail.com Author Klopper, Ronell R. Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa & H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa R.Klopper@sanbi.org.za Author Crouch, Neil R. Ethnobotany Unit, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P. O. Box 52099, 4007 Berea Road, South Africa & School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 4041 Durban, South Africa N.Crouch@sanbi.org text Bradleya 2012 2012-10-01 30 155 166 journal article 10.25223/brad.n30.2012.a19 f7c32fdf-b808-4f74-806e-c16ec002742d 7868257 Aloe komatiensis Reynolds in J. S. Afr. Bot. 2: 120 (1936) . Type: South Africa , Mpumalanga , Komatipoort , flowered in Johannesburg 24 March 1936 , G.W. Reynolds 1543 ( PRE , holo .!; BOL, iso.!) A. decurvidens Groenew . in Tydskr. Wetensk. Kuns 15: 126 (1937) . Type: South Africa , Pietersburg district, F.Z. van der Meraee 107 ( PRE , holo .!) A. lusitanica Groenew. in Tydskr. Wetensk. Kuns 16: 13 (1937) . Type: Mozambique , Maputo , April 1937 , F.Z. van der Meraee s.n. in PRE24087 ( PRE , lecto .!) (designated by Glen et al. 1995: 98 ) Diagnostic characters : This aloe sometimes occurs as solitary rosettes, but usually forms small groups. Leaves are very narrow, yellowish green to dull green and usually without spots on the lower surface. Peduncle and flowers are lightly covered with a grey powdery bloom. Inflorescences are up to 2 m high and compactly branched from above the middle ( Figure 3 ). Flowers are ± 30 mm long and pale dull brick red, with a 1 mm wide dull white border on the outer perianth segments. Distribution : It occurs from Komatipoort southwards to Figtree and westwards to Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa, and also in Mozambique between Maputo and Marracuene. Habitat : Grassveld and bushveld in a summer rainfall area that is free from frost.