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 vandermerwei Reynolds in The aloes of South Africa: 268 (1950) . A. angustifolia Groenew. (nom. illegit.) in Floae. Pl. S. Afr. 18: t.708 (1938). Type: South Africa , Limpopo Province , near Gravelotte , April 1936 , F.Z. van der Meraee s.n. in PRE21288 ( PRE , holo.) Diagnostic characters : This aloe occurs in dense groups. Leaves are remarkably long (up to 60 cm ) relative to their width ( 3.5 cm ), spreading and downwards curved, often twisted and intermingled giving it a snake-like appearance ( Figure 7 ). Leaves are usually distinctly spotted on the lower surface, with spots more confluent and in more pronounced bands than the upper surface. Inflorescences are up to 1 m high and branched from above the middle. Flowers are 30 mm long and flesh-pink, with a 1.0– 1.5 mm wide whitish border on the outer perianth segments. Distribution : It is occurs from between Leydsdorp and Gravelotte, westwards to Malopene and Letaba in the Kruger National Park, and southwards to the Timbavati area, Limpopo, South Africa. Habitat : Red clayey soil in grassveld and lowveld in openings among acacia and other trees.