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<taxonomicName id="D6B03290158A09E02995E760034E4C68" ID-CoL="668GG" LSID="4D64F3DE-B00A-5518-9A40-1C6FB7B633F2" authority="Haw." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe micracantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="micracantha">Aloe micracantha Haw.</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="95BD79752867C6E08570A9F4F06BCF92" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="080BA978D31F2A8CE0548E495A5D3E39" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wateraalwyn (Afrikaans).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="45DAA224F12504F96BE6845E24BE2A07" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe, 0.35-0.50 m high; rosettes usually solitary. Acaulescent plants or
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very short, simple, sometimes 1- or 2-branched, erect.
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<emphasis id="605FAC5C8016CD4A498FC8708B62BDE5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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multifarious, sub-distichous in young plants, erect, rigid, deep green to yellowish-green, with copious white, subtuberculate and subspinulescent spots especially on lower surface towards base, deeply channelled on upper surface, narrowly deltoid to linear, acuminate, 30-50 cm long, 2-4 cm wide at base; margin with firm, white teeth, up to 2 mm long, 1-3 mm apart; exudate clear.
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<emphasis id="5A209BFC455D1CEF3C0C1AAB76029E3F" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.45-0.50 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis id="9F42BD72C53F5D5C6B126F8C245F1123" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate, somewhat corymbose,
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8 cm long, dense.
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35 mm long, 5-7 mm wide.
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<emphasis id="FF9EBC5931798263E993934D6129C097" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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20-35 mm long.
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<emphasis id="58E5B6C1DF0C3776E9FBBBBA1BAB29CA" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="6785A867F235736784467F5F060E1F78" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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salmon-pink to reddish-orange, 25-40 mm long, slightly constricted above ovary, slightly widening towards wide open mouth, basally stipitate, straight, cylindrical-trigonous; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis id="62BFA279767CE5B94FE02157C38D8407" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted 0-1 mm;
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<emphasis id="A14A126466C07A5AD6BA5D137C80738D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 1-2 mm.
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<paragraph id="93C520F20A05736D6855D8BBF9E4922B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E4B8E2EAD8473AAE0CCD243911247D61" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">January-March.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="061239F7DFA3E0CA2AF07ADCADB4AF9B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0EA5C1E71A3AD0A391C0E9E0D6C1160C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Well-drained, dry, open sandy or stony places in coastal grassland, often wedged between rocks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5B0A8FFCC1605A818AB10692D5F191D1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="8308AE3C6626E540ABB6608FB59EBDBB" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe micracantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="micracantha">
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<emphasis id="AFADD5655D69C089453D9409BBA9763B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe micracantha</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with unkeeled leaves that are usually narrower than 3.5 cm and that lack a bulb-like underground swelling (
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<emphasis id="2463DA575308991B2320656EDF3FAD5F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe dominella</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="FA686CC7FB461F6E62B0A6A1C7D8C489" authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1922" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe linearifolia" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="linearifolia">
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<emphasis id="020F600F9BFBE6FC53355477637BF479" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe linearifolia</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E6FAD6AB123DD95ADACF6CE280E1CB30" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe minima" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minima">
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<emphasis id="E07EB6DE8824E09F49A99FFDEA58FEA6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe minima</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="1638D5FF4999785A182D875E4D869A15" authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityYear="2010" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe nicholsii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nicholsii">
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<emphasis id="FDC1F5AFD4FAB670A4E9547C6B88E1EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe nicholsii</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="A33AA5C0241AEEAE6D5113CCFCD7EEBE" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe parviflora" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflora">
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<emphasis id="EAF3D4A31D184001A482F656CB282D0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parviflora</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="A3BC4DE4C9059FF444A8F7949911E0EA" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1947" baseAuthorityName="Reynolds" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe saundersiae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="saundersiae">
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<emphasis id="C1F7DCA678D08631B907D104B16DAA3E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</emphasis>
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), by the multifarious to sub-distichous, erect and rigid, deep yellowish-green, smoothly channelled (not sharply keeled) leaves (30-50
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2-4 cm), with copious white spots on both surfaces. It is also characterised by the unbranched inflorescences (0.45-0.50 m high) with dense, capitate racemes, where the pedicels (20-35 mm long), perianth (25-40 mm long) and ovary are all salmon-pink. Rosettes are usually solitary.
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<paragraph id="BD1BE13935F24397C3A6E14BA4964197" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Near-threatened. Threats include agricultural practices, urban expansion and the encroachment of alien invasives (
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<bibRefCitation id="B34EA1DB1EFDE4E1F5CCCD8F9FBDF6C8" 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 id="625EB03EC1A14436A6E78F2DB7D84711" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Occurs in a fairly narrow coastal to near-coastal strip from the Uniondale area in the Western Cape to Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, with outlier collections from Mt Ayliff in the north-eastern Eastern Cape and Karkloof in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Fig.
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). It is the grass aloe with the most westerly distribution in southern Africa and the only grass aloe to occur in Fynbos vegetation.
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<emphasis id="40EB75F104527D0A79D45873C8E6F84D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 23.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="B01823BCF5E2297608C80B1603C7E25C" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe micracantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="micracantha">
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<emphasis id="AB69E8685118CF499199DC819C83FDCE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe micracantha</emphasis>
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. Photo: G.F. Smith.
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