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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="C4DA128E11C656048B34BDAEF7418A58" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe modesta Reynolds 1956" 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="162487006" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C4DA128E11C656048B34BDAEF7418A58" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C4DA128E11C656048B34BDAEF7418A58" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="C4DA128E-11C6-5604-8B34-BDAEF7418A58" authority="Reynolds" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1956" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe modesta" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">Aloe modesta Reynolds</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Vlei aloe (English); vlei-aalwyn (Afrikaans).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe. Acaulescent plants; rosettes solitary, erect, 0.2-0.3 m high; leaf bases forming bulb-like swelling underground.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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rosulate, erect, dull deep green, upper surface without spots, lower surface copiously white-spotted near base, linear-acute, slightly channelled on upper surface, 15-20 cm long, 0.8-0.9 cm wide at ground level; margin exceedingly narrow, cartilaginous, translucent, without teeth or with minute soft whitish teeth; exudate clear.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.25-0.30 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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subcapitate, slightly conical, 3.5-4.0 cm long, 3.0-3.5 cm wide, very dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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10-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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1 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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yellowish-green, scented, 10-15 mm long, 4 mm across ovary, not narrowed above ovary, slightly narrowed towards slightly upturned mouth, cylindrical-trigonous; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted 2-3 mm;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 3-5 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">January-February.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stony ground in high altitude open grassland in areas characterised by cold winters and high rainfall. Reasonably heavy and sometimes shale soils.</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 authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1956" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe modesta" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe modesta</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal where the leaf bases form a subterranean bulb-like swelling (
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe bergeriana" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bergeriana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe bergeriana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Plowes" authorityYear="1986" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe inconspicua" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="inconspicua">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe inconspicua</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1890" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe kniphofioides" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kniphofioides">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe kniphofioides</emphasis>
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), by the narrow leaves (15-20
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0.8-0.9 cm) with minute translucent marginal teeth and that are copiously spotted near the base of the lower surface. It is also characterised by the very dense, unbranched, subcapitate raceme (3.5-4.0 cm long) with almost sessile, yellow, sweetly scented flowers (10-15 mm long). It is the only species of aloe with scented flowers outside of Madagascar (
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<bibRefCitation author="Dyer, RA" editor="Reynolds, GW" journalOrPublisher="Balkema, Cape Town" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="509 - 516" refId="B12" refString="Dyer, RA, Hardy, DS, 1974. Addendum I. In: Reynolds, GW, Ed., The Aloes of South Africa, 3rd edn. Balkema, Cape Town: 509 - 516" title="Addendum I." volumeTitle="The Aloes of South Africa, 3 rd edn." year="1974">Dyer and Hardy 1974</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Van der Riet, WB" journalOrPublisher="Veld & Flora" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="20 - 22" refId="B50" refString="Van der Riet, WB, 1977. Aloe modesta - our fragrant aloe. Veld & Flora 63 (1): 20 - 22" title="Aloe modesta - our fragrant aloe." volume="63" year="1977">Van der Riet 1977</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Glen, HF" editor="Germishuizen, G" journalOrPublisher="5, Part 1, Fascicle 1. National Botanical Institute, South Africa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 167" refId="B15" refString="Glen, HF, Hardy, DS, 2000. Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: Germishuizen, G, Ed., Flora of Southern Africa, Vol. 5, Part 1, Fascicle 1. National Botanical Institute, South Africa: 1 - 167" title="Aloaceae (First part): Aloe." volumeTitle="Flora of Southern Africa, Vol." year="2000">Glen and Hardy 2000</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Endangered. Threats include commercial afforestation, overgrazing, alien invasives and urban expansion (
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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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Known only from the mountains around Barberton and near Dullstroom and Lydenburg, Mpumalanga and from the Wakkerstroom area near the KwaZulu-Natal border, South Africa (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 25.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1956" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe modesta" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe modesta</emphasis>
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. Photo: H.M. Steyn.
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