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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="C33B5EEB26535E4D966F0A1B3CB91E92" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe spicata L. f." 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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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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:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>142</mods:number>
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<mods:start>1</mods:start>
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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="162487009" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C33B5EEB26535E4D966F0A1B3CB91E92" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C33B5EEB26535E4D966F0A1B3CB91E92" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="C33B5EEB-2653-5E4D-966F-0A1B3CB91E92" authority="L. f." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spicata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">Aloe spicata L.f.</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 class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe sessiliflora" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sessiliflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe sessiliflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Pole Evans.
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</paragraph>
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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">Lebombo aloe (English); Lebombo-aalwyn (Afrikaans); inhlaba (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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Acaulescent to arborescent or shrubby plants.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stem</emphasis>
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1-2 m high, unbranched or branched low down or high up, erect to decumbent, with persistent dried leaves.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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densely rosulate, spreading to slightly recurved, green to sometimes almost entirely reddish on upper surface, without markings, lanceolate-attenuate, canaliculate, 50-80 cm long, 7-10 cm wide; margin reddish, with small deep pink to reddish teeth, 1-2 mm long, 8-15 mm apart; exudate pale honey-coloured.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.6-1.2 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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cylindrical, 30-50 cm long, 4-5 cm diameter, very 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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10 mm long, 6 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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absent.
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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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buds pale brownish-red, greenish-yellow when mature, 14-15 mm long, 5-6 mm across ovary, widening towards wide open mouth, campanulate; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted to 10 mm;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 10-12 mm.
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</paragraph>
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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">June-August.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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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">Wide variety of soils and habitats, including steep rocky slopes and cliffs. It is never found in exposed situations in deep soil.</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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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spicata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spicata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is one of only two aloes indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal that have sessile campanulate flowers with dark nectar in a simple inflorescence. It differs from
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe vryheidensis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vryheidensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe vryheidensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in often being acaulescent in KwaZulu-Natal or sometimes having erect to decumbent stems (not procumbent), spreading to recurved leaves (not erect) and an erect inflorescence (not oblique). Racemes of
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spicata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spicata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are narrow (4-5 cm wide) with greenish-yellow flowers (not pinkish-brown). The ovary is uniformly green (without red lines).
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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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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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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>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Northern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo in South Africa, also throughout Eswatini and in southern Mozambique, with an isolated record in Zimbabwe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 41" captionStartId="F41" captionText="Figure 41. Aloe spicata. Photo: G. F. Smith." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure41" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388267" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">41</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure41" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388267" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 41" startId="F41">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 41.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spicata" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spicata</emphasis>
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. Photo: G.F. Smith.
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