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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="C1CA307AA31C5976A1F4883A0AA8B1E8" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe sharoniae N. R. Crouch & 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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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="162487010" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C1CA307AA31C5976A1F4883A0AA8B1E8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1CA307AA31C5976A1F4883A0AA8B1E8" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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NE
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<taxonomicName LSID="C1CA307A-A31C-5976-A1F4-883A0AA8B1E8" authority="N. R. Crouch & Gideon F. Sm." class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe sharoniae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sharoniae">Aloe sharoniae N.R.Crouch & Gideon F.Sm.</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Syn.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Glen & D. S. Hardy" authorityYear="1987" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe cooperi subsp. pulchra" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cooperi" subSpecies="pulchra">Aloe cooperi subsp. pulchra</taxonomicName>
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Glen & D.S.Hardy.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Sharon’s">Sharon's</normalizedToken>
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grass aloe (English); sharonse-grasaalwyn (Afrikaans)
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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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Grass aloe, 0.30-0.65 m high. Acaulescent plants or
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stem</emphasis>
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up to 0.15 m, erect, usually solitary, rarely with offshoots at ground level to form small groups, dried leaves not persistent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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distichous, semi-erect to decurved, deciduous, green, usually without spots on upper surface, with copious white tubercles each bearing a hair-like process at base on lower surface, obscurely lineate, narrowly attenuate, 30-44(-82) cm long, 1.6-2.6(-3.9) cm wide at base, distinctly keeled, strongly V-shaped in cross section; margin narrow, white, cartilaginous, with rubbery, hair-like, ivory to greenish-white teeth in basal quarter to third only, 3-5 mm long, 1-2 mm apart at mid-leaf; exudate clear, drying clear.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescences</emphasis>
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0.33-0.59 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate to slightly elongate, 3.0-9.5 cm long, 7.5-9.5 cm wide, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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23-30 mm long, 6-8 mm wide, clasping the pedicel.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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33-43 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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bright orange-red, yellowish-brown to purplish-brown tipped, 25-35 mm long, 6-8 mm across ovary, narrowing towards mouth, roundly trigonous, basally stipitate and narrowing into pedicel; 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 very slightly exserted;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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only slightly exserted.
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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">February-March.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Open grassland on all slope aspects.</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 sharoniae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sharoniae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe sharoniae</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with strongly keeled leaves (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1874" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe cooperi" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cooperi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe cooperi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe myriacantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myriacantha">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe myriacantha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) by the distichous leaves (30-44 cm long) that have no marginal teeth in the upper ⅔ and that are basally covered with white tuberculate maculations on the lower surface. It is further characterised by the floral bracts that clasp the pedicels (not flat as in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1874" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe cooperi" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cooperi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe cooperi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). The inflorescence (0.33-0.59 m) is longer than the leaves. Flowers are bright orange-red, yellowish-brown to purplish-brown tipped and 25-35 mm long, with the mouth not bilabiate or upturned.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Least Concern (
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<bibRefCitation author="Von Staden, L" journalOrPublisher="Aloe" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://redlist.sanbi.org" refId="B58" refString="Von Staden, L, 2014b. Aloesharoniae N.R.Crouch & Gideon F.Sm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. http://redlist.sanbi.org" title="Aloesharoniae N. R. Crouch & Gideon F. Sm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1." url="http://redlist.sanbi.org" year="2014 b">Von Staden 2014b</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Sparse. Limited to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Eswatini, although this species may also occur in southern Mozambique (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 39" captionStartId="F39" captionText="Figure 39. Aloe sharoniae. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388265" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">39</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388265" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 39" startId="F39">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 39.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe sharoniae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sharoniae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe sharoniae</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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