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<mods:title id="0D96ECFDF9B540BFF2C3263AFB090AA7">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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<treatment id="98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" ID-GBIF-Taxon="162487022" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" scope_family="Asphodelaceae">
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<taxonomicName id="70819ADB81351FFFD098A7611529B8A6" ID-CoL="C3VN" LSID="98D5E382-F1ED-5440-ACC7-A6ADB6091305" authority="(Haw.) Schult. & Schult. f." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe myriacantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">Aloe myriacantha (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f.</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection id="6F51EA4057FD6C75034F7824E3F71AFD" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="common names">
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<paragraph id="805D32564169146ABB023D67C81ABEE7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F14815C4F7EAD6EB712FC513CE4F08C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">umakhuphulwane (Zulu).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="1B5F6358F740D75B07A1B97B9C9CAD59" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph id="3E337EFA6945D96A9239E11516357C32" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe, 0.2-0.3 m high. Acaulescent plants; rosettes solitary or sometimes suckering to form small groups.
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<emphasis id="E4A530671C52883C4A58872C9E4D00B9" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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rosulate, erectly spreading, dull green, with few white spots towards base, with more copious somewhat tuberculate-subspinulescent spots on lower surface, narrowly linear, keeled,
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25 cm long, 0.4-1.0 cm wide; margin with minute white teeth, up to 0.5-1 mm long and more crowded near base, smaller towards apex; exudate clear.
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<emphasis id="3B128E7A2656890E7CE77DFCCD9E6EF6" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.20-0.30 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis id="E9C22504319837BFD1407F40788C6A35" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate, 4.5-8.0 cm long, dense.
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<emphasis id="0833F81606223645E18DF1CDDCD57BD6" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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10-20 mm long, 5-12 mm wide.
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<emphasis id="EE58841B9F346EF26B8DE0629374AB21" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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10-25 mm long.
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<emphasis id="086F35C1BDF584BB8A46919A1016EE4C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="9E8BF6BCD2701669F9982DE2170829B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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dull white to dull reddish-pink or purple, rarely greenish-white, 15-20 mm long, not or only slightly narrowed above ovary, basally substipitate, narrowing slightly towards mouth, cylindrical-trigonous, mouth distinctly bilabiate and upturned; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis id="4D3C43339218E88F41EBD14A9A4CE8B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C0B4AC5D53CB79C8A4B32090D2A9B249" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 0-1 mm.
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<subSubSection id="181848282A3A84B5587BA19713196B0A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="flowering time">
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<paragraph id="C8B5C4F7E0CDD3BE00742106716D8839" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C994BA32F5833B8FAB6A1036093F4074" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">January-May/April (southern Africa), May-June (Kenya and Uganda).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0622045E1972FB0A163998EEBAC0137E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4C6765B7A3D58DF8470D1C841DDFC62B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Grows amongst rocks and on rocky slopes in high-altitude montane grassland.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3F8843DDA9BDD5FBF3A3C9FE95BA8D2A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="40E8C7DB41BD82AD371522E69EB4D826" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe myriacantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">
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<emphasis id="B26F039A25ED6EF9AC4DE4FCCCA1AE2E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe myriacantha</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with strongly-keeled leaves (
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<taxonomicName id="677C64BB1BEB4AFC9E89C01C7D362F4D" authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1874" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe cooperi" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cooperi">
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<emphasis id="EDD476CFE026E1E5B63C1E726BEE1123" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe cooperi</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="47CF76B6BD1B903D55A7D97C3DB42221" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe sharoniae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sharoniae">
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<emphasis id="C5DE33EB49110E8A5A230EC691EF4E2D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe sharoniae</emphasis>
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) by the dull pinkish-red flowers (15-20 mm long) with a distinctly bilabiate upturned mouth. The inflorescence (0.20-0.30 m high) is equal to or slightly longer than the rosulate leaves (
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25 cm long). Leaves have a minutely toothed margin and have spots near the base, with the spots more copious and somewhat tuberculate-subspinulescent on the lower surface.
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<subSubSection id="6914AFC8349151D17DAE2533C7A8A7BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph id="1D31F17556A9BA05C83ED94735AE0F24" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7FA3945CC84E3F02B0A40A9B4C661B62" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Least Concern (
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<bibRefCitation id="E859725987B4B1337A418FF10920461A" 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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<subSubSection id="A941B85B84AA3321B10CC6C434ECE5A3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="DE99693E3FF29E487313D075C29869C0" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="73DB4A564609ABA48E14D5B72AC4C0A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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A typical Afromontane (sensu
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<bibRefCitation id="7ACC961FB3C744F2A4D5D83B47866DEC" author="White, F" journalOrPublisher="Natural Resources Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 356" refId="B62" refString="White, F, 1983. The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. Natural Resources Research 20: 1 - 356" title="The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco / AETFAT / UNSO vegetation map of Africa." volume="20" year="1983">White 1983</bibRefCitation>
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) floristic element, this species has probably the widest distribution range of any
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<taxonomicName id="81EE020A2064970CD941FD71C30B4087" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="60724291AB5756CCA215DFCF2D51C404" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe</emphasis>
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. It occurs from the Humansdorp area in the Eastern Cape, along the coast and widespread through KwaZulu-Natal, northwards along the escarpment to the Bosbokrand area in Mpumalanga, South Africa and also in western Eswatini. It is also found further north on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, in Malawi and the Eastern Arc of mountains in Tanzania and Kenya, as well as Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda in southern Tropical Africa (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="9118DA257F4DA4F3FE230B90DF5B0300" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 27.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="427E787FD6062090CA8D9A075D434E14" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe myriacantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">
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<emphasis id="1BA18902D4DDB0435AC80DC6BFCC86E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe myriacantha</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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