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Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel
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A.nubigenae 
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similis, sed ab illa foliis rosulate ascendentibus, 200–300 (–350) × 10–15 (–20) mm metientibus, basi fuscobrunneis et dense maculatis, marginibus distincte denticulatis, floribus (12–30) in racemo dense capitato aggregatis, perianthio 
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longo differt.
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–5, 7–8.)
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is known only from the upper vertical, quartzitic, sandstone cliffs (south- and southwest-facing) at Boekaalwynkloof near Angle Station, which is part of the northern Drakensberg (
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). It grows at an altitude of 
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per annum, and is experienced mainly in summer. Vegetation of the region includes Barberton Montane Grassland on exposed slopes and Northern Mistbelt Forest in the protected kloofs (
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). The new species grows in the Barberton centre of plant endemism (
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) and was found in association with other temperate, high-altitude plants such as 
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<emphasis box="[1033,1211,600,621]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Aloe arborescens</emphasis>
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, 
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sp., 
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, 
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, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Crassula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sarcocaulis">C. sarcocaulis</taxonomicName>
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, 
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, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">
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, 
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Plectranthus purpuratus subsp. 
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, 
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sp. and 
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<emphasis box="[816,1092,768,789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Thorncroftia thorncroftii</emphasis>
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. The conspicuous tubular flowers suggest pollination by resident sunbirds (
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<emphasis box="[935,1045,825,846]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Nectarina</emphasis>
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spp.).
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There are more than 125 species of 
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<emphasis box="[1136,1184,909,930]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Aloe</emphasis>
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indigenous to South Africa and Namibia (
<bibRefCitation author="GLEN, H. F. &amp; SMITH, G. F." editor="GERMISHUIZEN, G. &amp; MEYER, N. L." firstAuthor="Glen" journalOrPublisher="National Botanical Institute, Pretoria" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" pagination="978 - 988" refId="ref2197" refString="GLEN, H. F. &amp; SMITH, G. F. (2003). Aloe. In GERMISHUIZEN, G. &amp; MEYER, N. L. (eds.) Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, pp. 978 - 988." title="Aloe" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14" year="2003">Glen &amp; Smith, 2003</bibRefCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel" authorityYear="2012" box="[807,949,965,986]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="condyae">
<emphasis box="[807,949,965,986]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Aloe condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the seventeenth species of South Africa confined to cliffs (21%) and the fifth member of section 
<emphasis box="[932,1037,1021,1042]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Leptoaloe</emphasis>
recorded as confined to sheer cliff faces in South Africa and Namibia. Apart from our new species these include 
<taxonomicName authority="Van Jaarsv. &amp; Van Wyk" authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; Van Wyk" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="challisii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A. challisii</emphasis>
Van Jaarsv. &amp; Van Wyk
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Groenewald" authorityName="Groenewald" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">
<emphasis box="[1066,1201,1105,1126]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A. nubigena</emphasis>
Groenewald
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Groenewald" authorityName="Groenewald" box="[842,1200,1133,1155]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="thompsoniae">
<emphasis box="[842,1036,1133,1155]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A. thompsoniae</emphasis>
Groenewald
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authority="I. Verd." authorityName="I. Verd." box="[726,1042,1161,1183]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="soutpansbergensis">
<emphasis box="[726,956,1161,1183]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A. soutpansbergensis</emphasis>
I.Verd.
</taxonomicName>
, all of them confined to mineral poor sandstone soils, with soft, flaccid leaves bearing small or no (
<taxonomicName box="[1041,1200,1218,1239]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">
<emphasis box="[1041,1200,1218,1239]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Aloe nubigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) marginal teeth (see 
<tableCitation box="[934,1025,1246,1268]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="4.[121,189,123,144]" captionTargetId="graphics-249@4.[121,1270,154,1223]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Table 1. Selected characters of South African cliff-dwelling members of Aloe section Leptoaloe (grass aloes)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/F0D6D6F8FFEB3D71121A3C5CABC7FF02" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" tableUuid="F0D6D6F8FFEB3D71121A3C5CABC7FF02">Table 1</tableCitation>
) (
<bibRefCitation author="CRAIB, C." box="[1060,1204,1245,1268]" firstAuthor="Craib" journalOrPublisher="Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" refId="ref2173" refString="CRAIB, C. (2005). Grass aloes in the South African Veld. Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa." title="Grass aloes in the South African Veld" type="book" year="2005">Craib, 2005</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="VAN JAARSVELD, E. J. &amp; VAN WYK, A. E." firstAuthor="Van Jaarsveld" journalOrPublisher="Aloe" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" pagination="36 - 39" part="43" refId="ref2324" refString="VAN JAARSVELD, E. J. &amp; VAN WYK, A. E. (2006). Aloe challisii, a new cliff-dwelling aloe from Mpumalanga, and a checklist of the obligate cliff-dwelling aloes in South Africa and Namibia. Aloe 43: 36 - 39." title="Aloe challisii, a new cliff-dwelling aloe from Mpumalanga, and a checklist of the obligate cliff-dwelling aloes in South Africa and Namibia" type="journal article" year="2006">Van Jaarsveld &amp; Van Wyk, 2006</bibRefCitation>
). 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">
<taxonomicName box="[1120,1266,1274,1295]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">A. nubigena</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName box="[726,847,1302,1323]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="challisii">A. challisii</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName box="[904,1136,1302,1323]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="soutpansbergensis">
<emphasis box="[904,1136,1302,1323]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A. soutpansbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also have a pendent habit. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel" authorityYear="2012" box="[914,1063,1330,1351]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="condyae">
<emphasis box="[914,1063,1330,1351]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Aloe condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is at once distinguished from other cliff dwelling species in section 
<emphasis box="[726,833,1386,1407]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Leptoaloe</emphasis>
by its ascending rosettes with linear-lanceolate leaves 200–300 × 10–15(–20) mm, dark brownish and densely spotted at the base and of which the margin is distinctly denticulate, as well as its dense capitate inflorescence 220–290 mm long (with 12–30 flowers), the peduncle 4–7 mm in diameter at the base and its perianth 30 mm long. It is related to both 
<taxonomicName box="[1065,1207,1583,1604]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">
<emphasis box="[1065,1082,1583,1604]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">A</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[1103,1207,1583,1604]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">nubigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<emphasis box="[726,1069,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">
<taxonomicName box="[726,898,1611,1632]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="thompsoniae">A. thompsoniae</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName box="[913,1069,1611,1632]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="2" pageNumber="169" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">Aloe nubigena</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, which is confined to the escarpment mountain north of Graskop (Mpumalanga) usually has a drooping nature, distichous to subdistichous leaves, of which the margin is entire or rarely denticulate, and has a slightly shorter perianth of 25 mm long. 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="thompsoniae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Aloe thompsoniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only known from the northern extreme of the Drakensberg Mountains near Tzaneen (Limpopo Province) and is at once distinguished by its smaller, densely proliferating rosettes.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[121,1270,1637,1716]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,230,1637,1659]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Figure 6</emphasis>
. The cliff face habitat of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel" authorityYear="2012" box="[536,660,1638,1659]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="3" pageNumber="170" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="condyae">
<emphasis box="[536,660,1638,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">A. condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at Boekaalwynkloof, south of Barberton. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1155,1263,1637,1659]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Figure 7</emphasis>
. A close-up of the perianth of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel" authorityYear="2012" box="[476,602,1666,1687]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="3" pageNumber="170" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="condyae">
<emphasis box="[476,602,1666,1687]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">A. condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[632,743,1665,1687]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Figure 8</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis box="[773,899,1666,1687]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">A. condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in habitat near Angle Station, Mpumalanga.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[121,1271,122,144]" box="[121,1271,122,144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,207,122,144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Table 1</emphasis>
. Selected characters of South African cliff-dwelling members of 
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<emphasis box="[892,938,122,143]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Aloe</emphasis>
section 
<emphasis box="[1024,1126,122,143]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leptoaloe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(grass aloes).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
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<th box="[292,448,168,190]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName box="[292,428,168,190]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="challisii">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[292,428,168,190]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. challisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th box="[461,604,168,190]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Van Jaarsv. &amp; P. Nel" authorityYear="2012" box="[461,592,168,190]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="condyae">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[461,592,168,190]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. condyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<taxonomicName box="[629,888,168,190]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="soutpansbergensis">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[629,888,168,190]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. soutpansbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th box="[904,1056,168,190]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName box="[904,1051,168,190]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Aloe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nubigena">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[904,1051,168,190]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. nubigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th box="[1072,1263,168,190]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1072,1261,168,190]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. thompsoniae</emphasis>
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<th box="[128,274,210,316]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Habit</th>
<td box="[292,448,210,316]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">pendent, proliferating in dense groups</td>
<td box="[461,604,210,316]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">ascending to ascending- spreading</td>
<td box="[629,888,210,316]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">pendent, proliferating in small groups</td>
<td box="[904,1056,210,316]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">pendent, small groups</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,210,316]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">decumbent to erect, proliferating in dense groups</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[128,1263,332,466]" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,332,466]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leaf arrangement &amp; shape</th>
<td box="[292,448,332,466]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">rosulate, linear- triangular</td>
<td box="[461,604,332,466]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">rosulate (rarely pendent), linear- lanceolate</td>
<td box="[629,888,332,466]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">distichous at first, becoming rosulate, linear</td>
<td box="[904,1056,332,466]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">distichous to subdistichous (rarely rosulate), linear</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,332,466]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">rosulate, becoming recurved, attenuate</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[128,1263,485,535]" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,485,535]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leaves per head</th>
<td box="[292,448,485,535]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">4–7</td>
<td box="[461,604,485,535]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">8–14</td>
<td box="[629,888,485,535]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">4–7</td>
<td box="[904,1056,485,535]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">4–8</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,485,535]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">12–18</td>
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<tr box="[128,1263,554,632]" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,554,632]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leaf margin</th>
<td box="[292,448,554,632]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">serrate</td>
<td box="[461,604,554,632]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">denticulate</td>
<td box="[629,888,554,632]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">denticulate</td>
<td box="[904,1056,554,632]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">entire to minutely denticulate</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,554,632]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">dentate</td>
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<tr box="[128,1263,646,752]" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,646,752]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leaf colour</th>
<td box="[292,448,646,752]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">slightly glaucous, bluish-green</td>
<td box="[461,604,646,752]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">green, base dark brown, densely spotted</td>
<td box="[629,888,646,752]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">green</td>
<td box="[904,1056,646,752]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">green</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,646,752]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">green</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[128,1263,769,819]" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,769,819]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Flowering time</th>
<td box="[292,448,769,819]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">October</td>
<td box="[461,604,769,819]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">January– February</td>
<td box="[629,888,769,819]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">January–February</td>
<td box="[904,1056,769,819]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">November– March</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,769,819]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">December– January</td>
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<tr box="[128,1263,838,888]" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,838,888]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Inflorescence length</th>
<td box="[292,448,838,888]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">140–160 mm</td>
<td box="[461,604,838,888]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">220–290 mm</td>
<td box="[629,888,838,888]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">180–200 mm</td>
<td box="[904,1056,838,888]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">up to 300 mm</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,838,888]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">up to 200 mm</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[128,1263,907,985]" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,907,985]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Raceme shape &amp; arrangement</th>
<td box="[292,448,907,985]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">subcapitate, 8–12-flowered</td>
<td box="[461,604,907,985]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">capitate, 12– 30-flowered</td>
<td box="[629,888,907,985]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">subcapitate, 8–12-flowered</td>
<td box="[904,1056,907,985]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">capitate, 10– 15-flowered</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,907,985]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">pyramidalcapitate, 10–15- flowered</td>
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<td box="[292,448,999,1049]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">subclavate, 25 mm long</td>
<td box="[461,604,999,1049]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">cylindrical, 30 mm long</td>
<td box="[629,888,999,1049]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">cylindrical–trigonous, 27 mm long</td>
<td box="[904,1056,999,1049]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">cylindrical, 25 mm long</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,999,1049]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">cylindrical, 25– 28 mm long</td>
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<th box="[128,274,1069,1147]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Floral bracts</th>
<td box="[292,448,1069,1147]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">deltoid- acuminate, 8–9 × 4 mm</td>
<td box="[461,604,1069,1147]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">deltoid- acuminate, 15 × 5 mm</td>
<td box="[629,888,1069,1147]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">deltoid-acuminate, 17 × 5 mm</td>
<td box="[904,1056,1069,1147]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">ovate-acute, up to 13 × 8 mm</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,1069,1147]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">ovate-acuminate, 10 × 5–6 mm</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[128,1263,1161,1211]" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th box="[128,274,1161,1211]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Pedicel length</th>
<td box="[292,448,1161,1211]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">10–15 mm</td>
<td box="[461,604,1161,1211]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">20–25 mm</td>
<td box="[629,888,1161,1211]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">25 mm</td>
<td box="[904,1056,1161,1211]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">25 mm</td>
<td box="[1072,1263,1161,1211]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">15–20 mm</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="4.[121,665,1246,1521]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
A key is provided for the five species of cliff-dwelling members of 
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<emphasis box="[353,400,1470,1491]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Aloe</emphasis>
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section 
<emphasis box="[488,593,1470,1491]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leptoaloe</emphasis>
(grass aloes) in South Africa.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="171" type="etymology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,254,1555,1576]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Etymology</emphasis>
</heading>
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It is with pleasure we name this new cliff dwelling species after Gillian Condy, official artist of the South African National Botanical Diversity Institute since 1983 (
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). Gillian has made a huge contribution to African Botanical art and is a winner of several art awards. She is a founder member of the Botanical Artists’ Association of South Africa (BAASA) and has a particular eye for the grass aloes, and her beautiful work can be seen in several publications such as 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">The Flowering Plants of Africa</emphasis>
(the serial publication showcasing South African botanical art that was founded in 1921), 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Grass aloes of the South African Veld</emphasis>
(
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) and 
<emphasis box="[994,1270,1471,1492]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Geophytic Pelargoniums</emphasis>
(
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).
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