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<mods:title>Aloe liliputana, a new grass aloe from Pondoland, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa</mods:title>
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Van Jaarsv. & Harrower
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,
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ab
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foliis anguste linearibus, subteretibus., rigidis, primum
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latis sed apicem versus haud expansis, etiam tuberculos densos basales carentibus, atque bracteis floralibus a pedicello dimidio brevioribus, perianthiis
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longis satis differt
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, 3129 (
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): near
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, north of
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, on shallow quartzitic bedrock (–BD),
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4664 (
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.).
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Perennial dwarf acaulescent ascending to decumbent rosulate succulent up to
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[1.7–
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] somewhat recurved, subterete, leathery and mildly succulent and channelled during the dry season, smooth, dark green to purplish green, especially towards base, with small faint oval white spots on lower surface (prominent and larger in the lower one third of the leaf); abaxial side convex, adaxial side flat during the rainy season; margin denticulate, especially in the lower three quarters; teeth white, cartilaginous 0.
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, 1,
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apart; apex acuminate, [dead leaf tips persistent).
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simple, ascending to decumbent, 100–145 (
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wiry
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broad and slightly flattened at base, biconvex, with 4–6 spirally arranged sterile bracts,
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long and clasping peduncle at intervals of
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short, capitate
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long flowers subdensely arranged 13–27-flowered, ascending at first becoming horizontally spreading;
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scarious, ovate acuminate,
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; pedicles
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long, ascending.
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cylindrical, angular and trigonous at the apex, pink coloured, greenish at the tip,
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long, base shortly stipitate; segments free to base, outer three,
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2,
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, lorate-ovate canaliculate; inner three lorate obovate
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<date box="[962,997,1173,1194]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">9 x</date>
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;. Stamens yellowish,
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long. Ovary linear ovate 2.
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<date box="[1150,1182,1201,1223]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">5 x</date>
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, grooved, brownish green; style
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<quantity box="[1074,1139,1229,1250]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" unit="mm" value="4.0">4 mm</quantity>
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long. Flowering time: mainly in late summer (February to March).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,1679,1701]" pageId="1" pageNumber="31">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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A drawing of
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. Artist: Lisa Strachan
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,231,897,919]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[237,402,898,919]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Aloe liliputana</emphasis>
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in its natural habitat north of Lupathana Gorge. Photograph: Adam Harrower
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,233,1316,1338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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The plant with its distinctive fusiform fleshy roots. Photograph: Adam Harrower
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[726,1032,1341,1363]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[763,926,1369,1390]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Aloe liliputana</emphasis>
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is known only from the shallow quartzitic sandstone bedrock and about
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inland from the sea (
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<figureCitation box="[939,1034,1425,1447]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="3.[726,810,1017,1039]" captionTargetBox="[716,1270,574,1017]" captionTargetId="figure-647@3.[726,1269,580,1008]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 5. The basal portion of the rosette showing the base of the leaves. Photograph: Adam Harrower" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871351/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Figure 5</figureCitation>
|
||
). It grows at an altitude of
|
||
<quantity box="[813,874,1453,1475]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" unit="m" value="150.0">150m</quantity>
|
||
. Plants are solitary, scattered and well camouflaged among lichens, geophytes, grasses and succulents. Rainfall is
|
||
<quantity box="[1120,1270,1509,1531]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.125" metricValueMax="1.35" metricValueMin="0.9" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" unit="mm" value="1125.0" valueMax="1350.0" valueMin="900.0">900–1350mm</quantity>
|
||
per annum, and is experienced mainly in summer. Vegetation of the region includes Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld and Scarp Forest in the adjacent protected kloofs (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Mucina" box="[1061,1205,1621,1643]" firstAuthor="Mucina" journalOrPublisher="South African National Biodiversity Institute. Pretoria" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" refId="ref1916" refString="MUCINA, L. & RUTHERFORD, M. C. (EDS) (2006) The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Pretoria." title="The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland" type="book" volumeTitle="Strelitzia 19" year="2006">Mucina 2006</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The new species grows in the Pondoland centre of plant endemism (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Van Wyk & Smith" box="[929,1209,1677,1699]" firstAuthor="Van Wyk" journalOrPublisher="Umdaus Press, Hatfield, Pretoria" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" refId="ref1984" refString="VAN WYK, A. E. & SMITH, G. F. 2001. Regions of floristic endemism in southern Africa. A review with emphasis on succulents. Umdaus Press, Hatfield, Pretoria." title="Regions of floristic endemism in southern Africa. A review with emphasis on succulents" type="book" year="2001">Van Wyk & Smith 2001</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and was found in association with other endemic succulents such as
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[294,552,1207,1228]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Aeollanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parvifolius">
|
||
<emphasis box="[294,552,1207,1228]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Aeollanthus parvifolius</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merwilla" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kraussii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Merwilla kraussii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[225,497,1235,1256]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Eriospermum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="natalensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[225,497,1235,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Eriospermum natalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Senecio" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="orbicularis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Senecio orbicularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[197,391,1263,1284]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Euphorbia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="woodii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[197,391,1263,1284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Euphorbia woodii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[404,618,1263,1284]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Crassula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="natalensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[404,618,1263,1284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Crassula natalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[121,336,1291,1313]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Cyanotis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="speciosus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,336,1291,1313]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Cyanotis speciosus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The vegetation is heavily grazed by cattle and there is evidence of frequent fires.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871349" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871349/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="33" startId="3.[121,205,1019,1041]" targetBox="[122,675,581,1015]" targetPageId="3" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph blockId="3.[121,1270,1017,1707]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,1019,1041]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
The capitate raceme of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[497,638,1019,1041]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
|
||
<emphasis box="[497,638,1019,1041]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">A. liliputana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Photograph: Adam Harrower
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871351" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871351/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="33" startId="3.[726,810,1017,1039]" targetBox="[716,1270,574,1017]" targetPageId="3">
|
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<paragraph blockId="3.[121,1270,1017,1707]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[726,838,1017,1039]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Figure 5.</emphasis>
|
||
The basal portion of the rosette showing the base of the leaves.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[121,1270,1017,1707]" box="[947,1270,1073,1095]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Photograph: Adam Harrower</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871353" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="33" startId="3.[121,205,1657,1679]" targetBox="[121,1270,1102,1649]" targetPageId="3" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph blockId="3.[121,1270,1017,1707]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,1657,1679]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Figure 6.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[239,404,1657,1678]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
|
||
<emphasis box="[239,404,1657,1678]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Aloe liliputana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in its coastal habitat growing on shallow bedrock (Mkweni Gorge) near Lupathana, Pondoland. Photograph: Adam Harrower
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871355" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871355" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871355/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" startId="4.[121,205,574,596]" targetBox="[121,665,121,566]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[121,665,574,624]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,574,596]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Figure 7.</emphasis>
|
||
A close-up of the perianth of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[121,261,602,624]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,261,602,624]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. liliputana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Photograph: Adam Harrower
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871357" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871357" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871357/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" startId="4.[726,811,651,673]" targetBox="[726,1270,121,640]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
|
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<paragraph blockId="4.[726,1270,651,729]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[726,850,651,673]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Figure 9.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[868,1048,651,673]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">Aloe liliputana</taxonomicName>
|
||
in cultivation at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[726,1270,651,729]" box="[946,1269,707,729]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Photograph: Adam Harrower</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871359" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871359" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871359/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" startId="4.[121,205,1105,1127]" targetBox="[122,664,640,1096]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[121,665,1105,1155]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,1105,1127]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
||
A close-up of the distal view of the perianth Photograph: Adam Harrower
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871361" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7871361" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7871361/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" startId="4.[726,811,1188,1210]" targetBox="[725,1267,737,1180]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[726,1270,1188,1238]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[726,855,1188,1210]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Figure 10.</emphasis>
|
||
Known geographical distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[726,891,1216,1237]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
|
||
<emphasis box="[726,891,1216,1237]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Aloe liliputana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[121,665,1403,1705]" box="[121,256,1403,1425]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[121,256,1403,1425]" fontSize="9" level="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" reason="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,256,1403,1425]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Discussion</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[121,665,1403,1705]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
There are 8 species of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[396,443,1431,1452]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[396,443,1431,1452]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Aloe</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
indigenous to South Africa belonging to the
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="section">Section Graminialoe Reynolds</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Reynolds" box="[242,416,1487,1509]" firstAuthor="Reynolds" journalOrPublisher="Trustees of the Aloes of South Africa Book fund, Johannesburg, South Africa" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" refId="ref1954" refString="REYNOLDS, G. W. (1950) The aloes of South Africa. Trustees of the Aloes of South Africa Book fund, Johannesburg, South Africa." title="The aloes of South Africa" type="book" year="1950">Reynolds, 1950</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Glen & Smith" box="[433,658,1487,1509]" editor="G. GERMISHUIZEN & N. L. MEYER" firstAuthor="Glen" journalOrPublisher="National Botanical Institute, Pretoria." pageId="4" pageNumber="34" pagination="978 - 988" refId="ref1865" refString="GLEN, H. F. & SMITH, G. F. (2003) Aloe. In G. GERMISHUIZEN & N. L. MEYER, Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 978 - 988. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria." title="Aloe" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14" year="2003">Glen & Smith 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="CRAIB, C." box="[121,244,1515,1537]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" refId="ref1845" refString="CRAIB, C. (2006) The grass aloes of the South African Veld. Umdaus, Pretoria." type="book" year="2006">Craib 2005</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In common are their fusiform roots, narrow linear leaves, simple inflorescence and capitate to conic-capitate racemes and bilabiate to trigonous flowers. These include
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[514,623,1599,1621]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albida">
|
||
<emphasis box="[514,623,1599,1621]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. albida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="saundersiae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. saundersiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[268,391,1627,1649]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[268,391,1627,1649]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. modesta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[405,567,1627,1649]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="inconspicua">
|
||
<emphasis box="[405,567,1627,1649]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. inconspicua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minima">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. minima</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[176,315,1655,1677]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflora">
|
||
<emphasis box="[176,315,1655,1677]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. parviflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis box="[367,544,1655,1677]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[367,536,1655,1677]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">A. myriacantha</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
all of them confined to grassland vegetation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="4.[726,1270,1262,1704]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
|
||
Of these
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[866,990,1262,1284]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[866,990,1262,1284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. modesta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1005,1124,1262,1284]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minima">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1005,1124,1262,1284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. minima</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="saundersiae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. saundersiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[828,1003,1290,1312]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">
|
||
<emphasis box="[828,1003,1290,1312]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. myriacantha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have fairly widespread distributions whilst
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[960,1067,1318,1340]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albida">
|
||
<emphasis box="[960,1067,1318,1340]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. albida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1083,1229,1318,1340]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflora">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1083,1229,1318,1340]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. parviflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. modesta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[872,1014,1346,1368]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
|
||
<emphasis box="[872,1014,1346,1368]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. liliputana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are only known from a fairly small region.
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[945,1072,1374,1395]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albida">
|
||
<emphasis box="[945,1072,1374,1395]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Aloe albida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is confined to the Saddleback Mountain south of Barberton;
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflora">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. parviflora</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to a small region near Durban (KwaZuluNatal);
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<taxonomicName box="[809,969,1458,1480]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="inconspicua">
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<emphasis box="[809,969,1458,1480]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. inconspicua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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close to Escourt (KwaZuluNatal) and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[850,990,1486,1508]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
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<emphasis box="[850,990,1486,1508]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. liliputana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to a solitary kloof in Pondoland. Due to its small size and well camouflaged nature it is exceptionally difficult to spot. This species might well be widespread in Pondoland, still awaiting discovery in other locations [as its shallow bedrock habitat is quite abundant in the area].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[726,1270,1262,1704]" lastBlockId="5.[121,665,122,228]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. & Harrower" authorityYear="2014" box="[763,912,1682,1704]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="liliputana">
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<emphasis box="[763,912,1682,1704]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">A. liliputana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is at once distinguished from other members of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" box="[321,543,122,144]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="section">section Graminialoe</taxonomicName>
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by its very narrow linear leaves of
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<quantity box="[407,463,151,172]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="2.0">2mm</quantity>
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in diameter and short floral bracts less than half the pedicel length.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[121,665,263,340]" box="[121,254,263,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
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<heading bold="true" box="[121,254,263,284]" fontSize="9" level="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,254,263,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Etymology</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[121,665,263,340]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">The specific epithet ‘liliputana’ pertains to its small size.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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