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<mods:title>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</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>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</mods:affiliation>
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Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo
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1 (
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Small to medium-sized, herbaceous, slowgrowing, succulent, perennial, maculate aloe, total height excluding inflorescence
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, usually clumped, 5–70 heads, sometimes solitary, a single head up to (17–)
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in diameter. Stems absent or, if rarely present, very short. Leaves few, 12–15, rosulate, rigidly spreading to erect, persistent when dry, dull mid-green, upper surface slightly concave, hardly canaliculate, with numerous scattered white spots throughout, spots arranged in irregular transverse bands; lower surface convex, white spots more distinctly arranged in transverse bands, sometimes confluent yielding milky green surface, texture smooth, linear-attenuate, tapering to apex,
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broad at base, basally sheathing; margins very thin, brown, with triangular marginal teeth, green with light brown tips, ±
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long, same length throughout, evenly spaced at
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broad at the base, straw-coloured to light brown, papery, rarely fleshy, many nerved. Racemes cylindrical,
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wide, straw-coloured, papery, 3–4 nerved. Pedicels
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long, pinkish brown. Flowers: actinomorphic to slightly zygomorphic, unscented, nectariferous; perianth greenish tipped in buds, somewhat bicoloured when mature, light pink to mainly orange-red to bright red with whitish to yellowish longitudinal stripes, tip extremity purplish-brown or whitish, lightly pruinose,
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long, flattened at base, ±
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across ovary, distinctly narrowed above ovary to ±
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<quantity box="[332,400,993,1014]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
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to
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basal swelling, enlarging to
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towards throat and wide open mouth, tubular-cymbiform; outer segments larger than inner segments, lorate, free for ±
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, free portion centrally pinkish red, borders white or light yellowish, acute, segment margins straight, tips slightly recurved; inner segments narrower than outer, with white or yellowish border and more obtuse apex, free for upper 2/3 of their length; stamens with cylindrically threadlike to very slightly flattened, light yellow filaments,
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long, all 6 of ± equal length, exserted for
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; anthers small,
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long, dark brown, versatile; ovary
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in diameter, light green; style as long as or slightly longer than stamens, minutely capitate, with small stigma, exserted
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in diameter, apically truncate, dry remains of tepals shed from around fruit early on, dehiscing loculicidally, chartaceous when dry, apically valves sigmoidally curved outwards. Seeds dark greyish brown, angled, laterally compressed, 2.5–3.0 mm long, with up to
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wide off-white wing stretching around periphery of seed. Chromosome number unknown.
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: December to February.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,231,1636,1658]" pageId="7" pageNumber="162">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[243,433,1636,1657]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="162">A. transvaalensis</emphasis>
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has dull milky green leaves with obscurely spotted lower surfaces and fleshpink flowers. Photo: Ronell R. Klopper.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[575,687,1665,1687]" pageId="7" pageNumber="162">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[701,906,1665,1686]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="162">A. braamvanaeykii</emphasis>
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in habitat near Wolmaransstad, North-West Province, South Africa. Photo: Gideon F. Smith.
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<emphasis box="[261,455,1636,1657]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="163">A. vandermeraeei</emphasis>
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has very long, narrow, curved and almost snake-like leaves. Photo: Philip Nel.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[256,369,1665,1687]" pageId="8" pageNumber="163">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
||
Rosettes of
|
||
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|
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<emphasis box="[513,626,1665,1686]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="163">A. zebrina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
showing the distinctly marked upper and lower surfaces. Photo: Ernst J. van Jaarsveld.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
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<caption pageId="9" pageNumber="164" startId="9.[121,205,1664,1686]" targetBox="[121,1270,121,1656]" targetPageId="9" targetType="figure">
|
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<paragraph blockId="9.[121,1270,1664,1715]" pageId="9" pageNumber="164">
|
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,1664,1686]" pageId="9" pageNumber="164">Figure 9.</emphasis>
|
||
Close-up of a rosette of
|
||
<emphasis box="[507,712,1664,1686]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="164">A. braamvanaeykii</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[732,857,1664,1686]" pageId="9" pageNumber="164">Figure 10.</emphasis>
|
||
Close-up of the bright red flowers of
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,325,1693,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="164">A. braamvanaeykii</emphasis>
|
||
. Photos: Gideon F. Smith.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="165" type="diagnosis">
|
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<paragraph blockId="10.[726,1271,122,1717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,967,150,172]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Diagnostic characters</emphasis>
|
||
: This species is geographically isolated from other members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="zebrina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">A. zebrina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-complex. Hitherto its existence has not been reflected by range maps for the complex as a whole, nor for any of the constituent species. It is probably most closely related to
|
||
<emphasis box="[1075,1263,291,312]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">A. transvaalensis</emphasis>
|
||
. Plants are long-lived and typically
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1142,1270,319,341]" form="dense" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" rank="form">form dense</taxonomicName>
|
||
clumps of up to 70 heads (Figures 6 & 9). Not only are its flowers the smallest (
|
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|
||
long) among South African members of the
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis box="[1149,1262,403,424]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">A. zebrina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
- complex, but they are also characteristic in being an unusual intense red (Figure 10). Also diagnostic are the general small stature of the plants and shorter inflorescences (
|
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<quantity box="[1027,1165,515,537]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" metricValueMax="7.5" metricValueMin="6.5" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" unit="m" value="0.7" valueMax="0.75" valueMin="0.65">0.65–0.75 m</quantity>
|
||
). An outstanding feature is its concentrated and relatively early (December to February) flowering period. Despite being subjected to probably the coldest winter temperatures, this species is the earliest of the local members of the complex to flower. Plants are consistently in bloom on Christmas Day (
|
||
<date box="[783,928,712,734]" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" value="1925-12">25 December</date>
|
||
), but flowering is brief and does usually not extend beyond the end of February.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="165" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="10.[726,1271,122,1717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,864,768,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis box="[882,1094,768,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">A. braamvanaeykii</emphasis>
|
||
is only known from the Wolmaransstad, Schweizer-Reneke, Delareyville and Stella area, North-West, South Africa. The species has a very restricted distribution range with all known localities less than
|
||
<quantity box="[726,848,908,931]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" unit="km" value="75.0" valueMax="100.0" valueMin="50.0">50–100 km</quantity>
|
||
apart. Most of the natural vegetation surrounding the known range of the species has been destroyed for cultivation. However, the reasons for the species’ restricted distribution are not obvious. It is absent from fairly extensive areas of seemingly similar natural habitat (see below) towards Klerksdorp and Leeudoringstad.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="166" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="10.[726,1271,122,1717]" lastBlockId="11.[121,666,122,730]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="166" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,812,1105,1126]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Habitat</emphasis>
|
||
: Plants are associated with relict stands of Klerksdorp Thornveld (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="MUCINA, L. & RUTHERFORD, M. C." pageId="10" pageNumber="165" refId="ref5780" refString="MUCINA, L. & RUTHERFORD, M. C. (eds.) (2006). The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria." type="book" year="2006">Mucina & Rutherford, 2006</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), a vegetation
|
||
<typeStatus box="[965,1014,1162,1183]" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">type</typeStatus>
|
||
characterized by unevenly scattered
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[926,1086,1189,1211]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="karroo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[926,1086,1189,1211]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Acacia karroo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-dominated tree stands in a grassland matrix. Plants mainly grow in full sun in open grassy areas among woody vegetation. Other commonly associated trees and shrubs include
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="hebeclada" subSpecies="hebeclada">
|
||
<emphasis box="[912,1112,1302,1323]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Acacia hebeclada</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">hebeclada</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[801,1138,1330,1352]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="robusta" subSpecies="robusta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[801,967,1330,1351]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Acacia robusta</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1054,1138,1330,1351]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">robusta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Asparagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laricinus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Asparagus laricinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[847,1264,1358,1380]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ebenaceae" genus="Diospyros" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="lycioides" subSpecies="lycioides">
|
||
<emphasis box="[847,1068,1358,1379]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Diospyros lycioides</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1167,1264,1358,1379]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">lycioides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority=", Greaeia" authorityName="Greaeia" box="[726,968,1386,1407]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ehretiaceae" genus="Ehretia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alba">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,870,1386,1407]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Ehretia alba</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[886,1218,1386,1407]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">
|
||
Greaeia flava,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1051,1218,1386,1407]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Searsia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ciliata">Searsia ciliata</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[726,1045,1414,1435]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Tarchonanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="camphoratus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,1045,1414,1435]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Tarchonanthus camphoratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Prominent grasses include
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" box="[830,1098,1442,1463]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Anthophora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pubescens">
|
||
<emphasis box="[830,1098,1442,1463]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Anthophora pubescens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Cymbopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pospischilii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Cymbopogon pospischilii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[874,1087,1470,1492]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Digitaria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="eriantha">
|
||
<emphasis box="[874,1087,1470,1492]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Digitaria eriantha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Eragrostis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="superba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Eragrostis superba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[840,1039,1498,1519]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Themeda" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="triandra">
|
||
<emphasis box="[840,1039,1498,1519]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Themeda triandra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Plants are typically associated with
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[906,1112,1526,1548]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Verbenaceae" genus="Lippia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scaberrima">
|
||
<emphasis box="[906,1112,1526,1548]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">Lippia scaberrima</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a highly aromatic perennial forb.
|
||
<emphasis box="[964,1187,1554,1575]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[964,1011,1554,1575]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Aloe</taxonomicName>
|
||
braamvanaeykii
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
prefers red sandy loam (often with small stone aggregates) derived from rocks of the Ventersdorp Supergroup (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="JOHNSON, M. R. & ANHAEUSSER, C. R. & THOMAS, R. J." box="[873,1103,1639,1661]" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" refId="ref5733" refString="JOHNSON, M. R., ANHAEUSSER, C. R. & THOMAS, R. J. (eds) (2006). The geology of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg / Council for Geoscience, Pretoria." type="book" year="2006">
|
||
Johnson
|
||
<emphasis box="[975,1024,1639,1660]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="165">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2006
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), but occasionally can also be found on more clay-rich soils. Average annual rainfall is about
|
||
<quantity box="[1072,1164,1695,1717]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.75" pageId="10" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="375.0">375 mm</quantity>
|
||
and falls mainly in summer. Winter nights are cold and subzero temperatures with frost are common.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="166" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="11.[121,666,122,730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,226,179,200]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">Eponymy</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis box="[244,481,178,199]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[244,292,178,199]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Aloe</taxonomicName>
|
||
braamvanaeykii
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is named after Prof. Braam van Wyk, from the University of Pretoria, who called our attention to this plant. If the epithet ‘
|
||
<emphasis box="[215,305,262,283]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">braamii</emphasis>
|
||
’ (excluding his surname therefore) was chosen, it could be confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Schonland" authorityName="Schonland" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="broomii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">A. broomii</emphasis>
|
||
Schönland
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, especially if written by hand. Moreover, several contemporary South African botanists go by the surname ‘Van Wyk’, which influenced our decision to unambiguously call the species
|
||
<emphasis box="[210,420,429,450]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">A. braamvanaeykii</emphasis>
|
||
. Braam co-authored the book on aloes in southern Africa (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="SMITH, G. F. & VAN WYK, A. E. & Braam" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" refId="ref5846" refString="SMITH, G. F. & VAN WYK, A. E. [Braam]. (2008). Aloes of southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town." type="book" year="2008">Smith & Van Wyk, 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) with one of us (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[422,475,485,507]" collectionName="GFS" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">GFS</collectionCode>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="166" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="11.[121,666,122,730]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1998-03-03" collectionCode="PRE" collectorName="L. Smook" country="South Africa" location="Stella" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Northwest">
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,338,513,534]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">Further specimens</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[362,518,513,535]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[539,662,513,535]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">Northwest</collectingRegion>
|
||
. –2624: About
|
||
<quantity box="[282,354,541,563]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" unit="km" value="12.0">
|
||
<locationDeviation box="[282,354,541,563]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" unit="km" value="12.0">12 km</locationDeviation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
north of
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BBC6461700FF928E51FEBBB4D1529D:8ECD218B170CFF928FF9FD84B6385274" box="[465,534,541,563]" country="South Africa" name="Stella" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" stateProvince="Northwest">Stella</location>
|
||
, on road to
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BBC6461700FF928E51FEBBB4D1529D:8ECD218B170CFF928E51FDA0B5205208" box="[121,270,569,591]" country="South Africa" name="Papiesvlakte" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" stateProvince="Northwest">Papiesvlakte</location>
|
||
, (–BD),
|
||
<date box="[371,538,569,591]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1998-03-03">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[371,538,569,591]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1998-03-03">3 March 1998</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[555,666,569,590]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<collectorName box="[555,666,569,590]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">L. Smook</collectorName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
10103 (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[205,261,597,619]" collectionName="PRE" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">PRE</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1973-03-12" collectionCode="PRE" collectorName="N. Zambatis" country="South Africa" location="Baberspan Nature Reserve" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Northwest">
|
||
2625:
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BBC6461700FF928E51FEBBB4D1529D:8ECD218B170CFF928F76FDCDB6BB522D" box="[350,661,596,618]" country="South Africa" name="Baberspan Nature Reserve" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" stateProvince="Northwest">Baberspan Nature Reserve</location>
|
||
, (–DA),
|
||
<date box="[205,383,624,646]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1973-03-12">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[205,383,624,646]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1973-03-12">12 March 1973</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[398,542,624,646]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<collectorName box="[398,542,624,646]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">N. Zambatis</collectorName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
75 (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[598,654,624,646]" collectionName="PRE" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">PRE</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1959-02-16" collectionCode="PRE" collectorName="E. Werdermann & H. D. Oberdieck" country="South Africa" location="Schweizer-Reneke" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Northwest">
|
||
2725:
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BBC6461700FF928E51FEBBB4D1529D:8ECD218B170CFF928E96FD15B5A552E5" box="[190,395,652,674]" country="South Africa" name="Schweizer-Reneke" pageId="11" pageNumber="166" stateProvince="Northwest">Schweizer-Reneke</location>
|
||
district, (–AB),
|
||
<date pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1959-02-16">
|
||
<collectingDate pageId="11" pageNumber="166" value="1959-02-16">16 February 1959</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[266,666,680,702]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">
|
||
<collectorName box="[266,666,680,702]" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">E. Werdermann & H.D. Oberdieck</collectorName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
2242 (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[189,244,708,730]" collectionName="PRE" pageId="11" pageNumber="166">PRE</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |