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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" ID-GBIF-Dataset="447d0c45-35c7-4aaa-b3b3-acbf7069da06" ID-PMC="PMC7082394" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-142-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" ID-PubMed="32210671" ModsDocID="1314-2003-142-1" checkinTime="1584104974826" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Klopper, Ronell R., Crouch, Neil R., Smith, Gideon F. & van Wyk, Abraham E." docDate="2020" docId="925643B8D0D8527E8CBA4660781A6819" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe saundersiae Reynolds 1947" docType="treatment" docVersion="4" id="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="7B3A5CC9B82952B6B3E20C46E12DB4F1" masterDocTitle="A synoptic review of the aloes (Asphodelaceae, Alooideae) of KwaZulu-Natal, an ecologically diverse province in eastern South Africa" masterLastPageNumber="88" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668139702755" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>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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<mods:namePart>Klopper, Ronell R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Crouch, Neil R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Smith, Gideon F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>van Wyk, Abraham E.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:number>142</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="162487023" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:925643B8D0D8527E8CBA4660781A6819" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/925643B8D0D8527E8CBA4660781A6819" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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E
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<taxonomicName LSID="925643B8-D0D8-527E-8CBA-4660781A6819" authority="(Reynolds) Reynolds" 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">Aloe saundersiae (Reynolds) Reynolds</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Acaulescent grass aloe, 0.05-0.075 m high; rosettes solitary or suckering to form small tufted groups.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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rosulate, widely spreading to recurved, deciduous, green, without spots or with few white spots near base on lower surface, narrowly linear, 4-10 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, basally amplexicaul and 1 cm wide below ground; margin with rather soft, white, deltoid teeth,
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0.5 mm long, 1 mm apart; exudate clear.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.14-0.18 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate, 2.0-2.5 cm long, 3.0-3.5 mm wide, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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7 mm long, 3-4 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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8-10 mm long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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pale cream-pink, 9-12 mm long, 3-4 mm across ovary, narrowing towards slightly upturned mouth, cylindrical-trigonous, slightly ventricose; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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not exserted.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">February-March.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rocky outcrops in rock crevices and clumps of moss or in flat exposed places in short rocky grassland on mountain tops, in rich black soil.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</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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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1938" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe dominella" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dominella">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe dominella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe linearifolia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe micracantha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe minima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe nicholsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parviflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), by its rosulate, spreading to recurved leaves (4-10
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0.3 cm) that are without spots or with a few white spots near the base on the lower surface. The unbranched inflorescences (0.14-0.18 m high) have dense, capitate racemes of small, pale pinkish flowers (9-12 mm long), with the mouth slightly upturned and with spreading tips, but not bilabiate. Pedicels are 8-10 mm long. Rosettes are solitary or in small tufted groups.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Endangered. Threats include overgrazing and too frequent fires (
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<bibRefCitation 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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, L. von Staden pers. comm.).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Only known from the central parts of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Aloe saundersiae. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388264" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 38.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName 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 italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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