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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="4904DE900D29541B84DC353662B4BF57" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloidendron barberae Klopper & Gideon F. Sm." 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:title>PhytoKeys</mods:title>
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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:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1314-2003-142-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="162486993" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4904DE900D29541B84DC353662B4BF57" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4904DE900D29541B84DC353662B4BF57" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="4904DE90-0D29-541B-84DC-353662B4BF57" authority="(Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F. Sm." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">Aloidendron barberae (Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="syn">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Syn.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dyer" authorityYear="1874" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe barberae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Dyer.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="common names">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Tree aloe (English); boomaalwyn, mikaalwyn (Afrikaans); impondondo, indlabendlazi, inkalane unkulu, umgxwala (Zulu).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Arborescent plant, up to 18 m high.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stem</emphasis>
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10-18 m high, profusely branched dichotomously and rebranched from about middle, erect, without persistent dried leaves.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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densely rosulate, recurved, dull green, without spots, ensiform, deeply channelled, 60-90 cm long, 7-9 cm wide at base; sheath with greenish-white marginal border; margin narrow, white, cartilaginous, with firm, horny, brownish tipped, dull white, deltoid teeth, 2-3 mm long, 10-25 mm apart.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescences</emphasis>
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0.4-0.6 m high, erect, dichotomously 3-branched.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Racemes</emphasis>
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cylindrical, slightly acuminate, 20-30 cm long, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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8-10 mm long,
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1 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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7-10 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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rose to rose-pink, greenish tipped, 33-37 mm long,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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9 mm across ovary, not narrowed above ovary, widening towards middle, narrowing somewhat towards upturned mouth, cylindrical-ventricose; outer segments free almost to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted to 15 mm;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 15-20 mm.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="flowering time">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">May-August.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dense, tall bush and low forest, rocky slopes of wooded valleys.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloidendron barberae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is one of only two large-growing tree aloes indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal. These two aloes both have dichotomously branched stems and branches that lack persistent dried leaves.
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloidendron barberae</emphasis>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron tongaense" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tongaense">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloidendron tongaense</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in being much taller (up to 18 m) with more branches and having larger bright green leaves of 60-90 cm long (not dull green and 40-59 cm); their distribution ranges are also mutually exclusive. The inflorescence is also slightly taller at 0.4-0.6 m (not
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0.35 m) and 3-branched from a single point (not up to 6-branched), with longer cylindrical racemes of 20-30 cm long (not capitate and 4-6 cm), bearing straight rose-pink flowers that are 33-37 mm long (not curved yellow flowers of 47-50 mm) with stamens exserted to 15 mm at anthesis (not 3-5 mm).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Least Concern (
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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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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Occurs in scattered localities, often in inaccessible sites (with steep gradients), in a broad coastal zone from East London in the Eastern Cape, through KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, South Africa, also in Eswatini (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Aloidendron barberae. Photo: G. W. Reynolds." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388229" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notes.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloidendron barberae</emphasis>
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is often cited as occurring in Mozambique, the latest of these being
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<bibRefCitation author="Van Jaarsveld, E" journalOrPublisher="Aloe" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B52" refString="Van Jaarsveld, E, Judd, E, 2015. Tree Aloes of Africa. Penrock Publications, Cape Town." title="Tree Aloes of Africa. Penrock Publications, Cape Town." year="2015">Van Jaarsveld and Judd (2015)</bibRefCitation>
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. However, an examination of available herbarium specimens at several South African and European herbaria has shown that specimens from Mozambique all represent
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. tongaense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tongaense">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. tongaense</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Walker, CC" journalOrPublisher="Bradleya" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B61" refString="Walker, CC, Smith, GF, Figueiredo, E, Klopper, RR, Crouch, NR, Condy, G, 2019b. Aloidendronbarberae. Flowering Plants of Africa 66: 8-21, t.2342." title="Aloidendronbarberae. Flowering Plants of Africa 66: 8 - 21, t. 2342." year="2019 b">Walker et al. 2019b</bibRefCitation>
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). This is supported by
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<bibRefCitation author="Burrows, JE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B2" refString="Burrows, JE, Burrows, SM, Loetter, MC, Schmidt, E, 2018. Trees and Shrubs Mozambique. Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town." title="Trees and Shrubs Mozambique. Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town." year="2018">Burrows et al. (2018)</bibRefCitation>
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who only treat the latter species. However, considering that
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. barberae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. barberae</emphasis>
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is common on the South African side of the Lebombo range, it may well be present in nearby southern Mozambique, which borders on the foothills of the range. Further investigation is needed to confirm whether or not
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. barberae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. barberae</emphasis>
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is present in this botanically under-explored part of Mozambique.
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388229" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloidendron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloidendron barberae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="barberae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloidendron barberae</emphasis>
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. Photo: G.W. Reynolds.
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