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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="E6F621A1625354108323A2DEDFF20940" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe neilcrouchii 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: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="162486995" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E6F621A1625354108323A2DEDFF20940" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E6F621A1625354108323A2DEDFF20940" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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E
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<taxonomicName LSID="E6F621A1-6253-5410-8323-A2DEDFF20940" authority="Klopper & Gideon F. Sm." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe neilcrouchii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neilcrouchii">Aloe neilcrouchii Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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aloe (English); neilse-aalwyn (Afrikaans).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stem</emphasis>
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up to 0.95 m long, decumbent to erect, branched mainly from base, forming robust offshoots along its length, without persistent dried leaves.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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deciduous, densely rosulate, erectly spreading, green, with numerous elongated, white, somewhat tuberculate spots on both surfaces, deltoid to ovate-lanceolate, up to 43 cm long, up to 13.5 cm wide at base; margin narrow, cartilaginous, whitish, with small whitish, deltoid, irregularly spaced teeth, 1-2 mm long, 2-5 mm apart; leaf exudate clear, drying clear, not bitter.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.6-0.8 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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12 cm long, 10 cm wide, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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30 mm long, 7 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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30-45 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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salmon-pink, green-tipped,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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45 mm long, 10-13 mm across ovary, slightly narrowed above ovary, slightly constricted just before flared mouth, cylindrical-trigonous; outer segments free almost to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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not or only slightly exserted;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted to
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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5 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">December-January.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Southeast-facing aspects in rocky grassland.</paragraph>
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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="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe neilcrouchii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neilcrouchii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe neilcrouchii</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with unkeeled leaves that are wider than 3.5 cm (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1892" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe boylei" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="boylei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe boylei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salm-Dyck" authorityYear="1849" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe ecklonis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ecklonis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe ecklonis</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 hlangapies" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hlangapies">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe hlangapies</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1880" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe kraussii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kraussii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe kraussii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), by the large rosettes of erectly spreading, rosulate leaves (up to 43
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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13.5 cm), with copious white tuberculate spots on both surfaces. It is further characterised by the long, sprawling, leafless stems of up to almost 1 m long, which branch at the base and form offshoots along its length. The unbranched inflorescences (0.6-0.8 m high) have dense, capitate racemes (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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12 cm long) with large (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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45 mm long), salmon-pink, rather straight flowers. This is the largest and most robust species of the leptoaloe group, also known as 'slender
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(
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v40i1.186" author="Klopper, RR" journalOrPublisher="Bothalia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="117 - 120" refId="B24" refString="Klopper, RR, Smith, GF, 2010. Aloe neilcrouchii, a new robust leptoaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 40: 117 - 120, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v40i1.186" title="Aloe neilcrouchii, a new robust leptoaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." url="https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v40i1.186" volume="40" year="2010">Klopper and Smith 2010</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Smith, GF" journalOrPublisher="Flowering Plants of Africa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="10 - 15" refId="B46" refString="Smith, GF, Crouch, NR, Klopper, RR, Condy, G, 2011. Aloe neilcrouchii. Flowering Plants of Africa 62: 10 - 15" title="Aloe neilcrouchii." volume="62" year="2011">Smith et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Endangered. Threats include habitat fragmentation and destruction owing to commercial silvicultural and agricultural practices (
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<bibRefCitation author="Johnson, IM" journalOrPublisher="Phytotaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2206-820" refId="B22" refString="Johnson, IM, Harvey, J, Von Staden, L, 2011. Aloeneilcrouchii Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2013.1. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2206-820" title="Aloeneilcrouchii Klopper & Gideon F. Sm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2013.1." url="http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2206-820" year="2011">Johnson et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Known from only two localities near Karkloof and New Hanover, in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Aloe neilcrouchii. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388254" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">28</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 28.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe neilcrouchii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neilcrouchii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe neilcrouchii</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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