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<mods:title id="A2CACC9CE9C7AF72A52382100B2ACA82">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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<treatment id="47D541993F6C5FFBB185A611A045857D" ID-GBIF-Taxon="162487033" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:47D541993F6C5FFBB185A611A045857D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/47D541993F6C5FFBB185A611A045857D" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" scope_family="Asphodelaceae">
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<taxonomicName id="4808DE095A3F759CC729CE984DB200E5" ID-CoL="668GB" LSID="47D54199-3F6C-5FFB-B185-A611A045857D" authority="A. Berger" authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1905" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="marlothii">Aloe marlothii A.Berger</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection id="1665A1E311F81CE0136332E5AE77EE72" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="common names">
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<paragraph id="8EC67810D64D408F5536D5763D8DAB58" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="512DBCB63D7E7C14BD5C91656FB95B3B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mountain aloe (English); bergaalwyn, boomaalwyn, snuifaalwyn (Afrikaans); ikhala, imihlaba, inhlaba, inhlabane, umhlaba (Zulu).</paragraph>
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<td id="C719199AD4143751F6F3F920D520F5C0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
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<td id="09C59CF665AE39D066FB144496AA23B3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Stems simple, erect, up to 4 m high; leaves with many surface prickles; racemes 30-50 cm long; flowers 30-35 mm long</td>
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<taxonomicName id="D4D5424F8038874A7B7C93857BBCCC45" authority="subsp. marlothii" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">
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<emphasis id="F727D404CC332B57CDA737EF37A6F943" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<td id="7784FA6AE11CA45B23AC167D26A85604" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<td id="8D01031444632EB78EDB8D0DB836BD0B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Stems suckering to form clumps, erect or oblique to procumbent, 1.00-1.75 m high; leaves with no to few surface prickles; racemes 15-25 cm long; flowers 18-30 mm long</td>
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<emphasis id="A03A0D35625F00884504D26A9FFCE1F3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName id="6EEC3FC89CEECA134C108654E56CE357" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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Glen & D.S.Hardy
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<paragraph id="D3C3C5BBF58DF5B141C5F1F419124E20" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Solitary, arborescent plant of up to 5-6 m high (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="943A24D4E1E4C8681279CC79E6BC9EE6" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or 1.00-1.75 m high (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="E00BBBF42F27953D70ACE22ADD009B86" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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).
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<emphasis id="C7520F84EBDFE8B3BE3CFCADFA79EE73" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stem</emphasis>
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simple and erect (subsp.
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) or often suckering to form small groups and erect or oblique to procumbent (subsp.
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), densely covered with persistent dried leaves.
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<emphasis id="C05418E0F23E01F4DBD78A726479935E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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densely rosulate, suberect to spreading and eventually pendent, dull grey-green to glaucous (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="E10EBAC7BBBAEF89BEF7028D3D939C97" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or arcuate-incurved to spreading or slightly decurved, glaucous to blue-green (subsp.
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), without spots, with scattered, reddish-brown, pungent spines, usually more copious on lower surface (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="07DD2129E5BE62B854D1194BB317AFA1" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or with no to few surface prickles (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="467DCD8D1C8A799B00721768A97E2367" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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), lanceolate-attenuate, 100-150 cm long, 20-25 cm wide at base (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="3D60EF03054019D7A37CB20E30FBBB2E" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or 75-150 cm long, 8-25 cm wide at base (subsp.
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); margin with stout, pungent, reddish-brown teeth, 3-6 mm long, 10-20 mm apart (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="F9A1FB28318E5ED58373C84000AF5ADD" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or 3-4 mm long, 8-25 mm apart (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="DA5BF88639F8AEB5D330568025FE57D3" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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); exudate honey-coloured.
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<emphasis id="B2DECDB53C8DB1D191A8F84B0DE3C657" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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up to 0.8 m high, 10- to 30-branched from below middle, lower branches rebranched, branches horizontal to spreading.
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<emphasis id="ED0B37C2534AB57AB7DF73C5229B5806" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Racemes</emphasis>
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cylindrical, 30-50 cm long, horizontal to suboblique (subsp.
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) or 15-25 cm long, spreading to rarely erect (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="9CDB84509F15B97FD5001F7E1E4D7B02" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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), dense; flowers markedly secund when open.
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<emphasis id="4344352206F04CB6BEA2FA7B397162B0" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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8-9 mm long, 5 mm wide (subsp.
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) or 4-9 mm long, 2-5 mm wide (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="4FF46E676C5B728D0EC338C8EBE9CF62" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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).
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<emphasis id="083FE2A9A34D6534774A83B03F61F6C5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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5-8 mm (subsp.
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) or 3-5 mm (subsp.
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) long.
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<emphasis id="8AD7A715BF659C8DA9E16354C3D0D1B6" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D05F07C81B2DBD48C0303D327D187599" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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orange to yellowish-orange, 30-35 mm long,
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7 mm wide across ovary (subsp.
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) or yellow to orange, 18-30 mm long (subsp.
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), enlarging above ovary, narrowing towards usually wide-open mouth, cylindrical-clavate to cylindrical-ventricose (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="74B3EA1C2943B2A2ADA6F244BEADFD8C" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or cylindrical to ventricose (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="AABD69D6E6622FB43FD209455DE916C6" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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); outer segments free for 20-23 mm (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="B34CAB2ACE650A9831608516DDB6CDCE" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or for 6-15 mm (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="E238A1939E37A01DC202946FC8804AF2" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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);
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<emphasis id="59755583154B10238ACF55D9180034CC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted to 15 mm;
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<emphasis id="8FD0B310309D2E3623259F55055BFA6A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 15-20 mm (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="7F0A23AEDF541F6CA5678ED6B6155DB3" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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) or
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<emphasis id="1824A4ABA1C26BE1267CBC9C1997F6E3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="28CFCD06D11226F192BBC50B0190ABBE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 8-12 mm (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="9A56F9E4A60878438CC20B6708361E5A" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="83FA7CE2D9A0545F053B0159C658DC69" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="flowering time">
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<paragraph id="47A04D034279E90677F94CF2217D3350" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CCB00DDF1CD9E6A4A5F1E9F53DFDE5F8" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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June-August, as late as September along the Witwatersrand, Gauteng, South Africa (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="20B6EB4FE2619C05F00DB301CB3F3200" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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). July-August (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="7179C9273194D12AF7A118B74B85C436" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="2195B73C0EA26E06EF9D840CBE745BD8" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
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<paragraph id="2BA26FC699A21D64A500CC8F8F119CC7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A0DA9AF5E3658FA289A98C3AD6947F0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName id="54991EE98B5C53ECB81BF4374EBADBD9" authority="subsp. marlothii" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii</taxonomicName>
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grows in a wide variety of habitats, including bushveld on stony, usually bare soils or rocky outcrops.
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<taxonomicName id="AC42454A69E2F59E551698450A936B16" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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is confined to coastal grassland in sandy soil.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DA4B9FD7EBE7DE7E938DA6156D9C01B2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph id="B1EA96C2BCDFAC1D1EFEFC033B072845" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AFBCD0BBD648861EC25A37168A37DAD9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName id="505ECC9CF38957513D956DB483D1876E" authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1905" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="marlothii">
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<emphasis id="04DEBCC162FE345612D689BCFD0A38B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe marlothii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from the other tall often single-stemmed aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with branched inflorescences and persistent dried leaves (
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<taxonomicName id="8CF1794C06C2CC57FCC14DAAEF7E7AC6" authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1906" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe candelabrum" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="candelabrum">
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<emphasis id="0B09AB8B52E19B3DDA946420CC1F0C21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe candelabrum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="156D75AE1456656633FE6563CC0E7C54" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe pluridens" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pluridens">
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<emphasis id="33AC822583AB3E1D1D51477B83D9722C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe pluridens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="8EBFDEB38A37EBB9C175853E9A00C1CB" authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1896" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe rupestris" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rupestris">
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<emphasis id="61DA606A0AD55C9F671EF3CD91B9465B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe rupestris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="B8172F08C3199D1CA36D6EC8B396B1B8" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spectabilis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
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<emphasis id="4462B0D35FA0A27A859783BC4EC396E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spectabilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="EEAAA4B7A502DC16B630B9F5028B2C56" authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1880" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe thraskii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="thraskii">
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<emphasis id="6B501CD74161E45B33890C8CB8EC0646" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe thraskii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), by having its racemes horizontal to oblique (not erect) with the flowers secund. The inflorescence is much-branched with up to 30 racemes. Flowers are yellow to orange, up to 35 mm long with the inner segment tips purplish and the exserted portion of stamens deep purple (not deep purplish-black to black segment tips and orange filaments as in
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<taxonomicName id="BA757BBDF0DB3D120AE5DF5A76C20151" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spectabilis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
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<emphasis id="466FB6412ED499D33D91C321CD90B9B5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spectabilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="8CCCD58CEE73943B9FC225F104DD54C8" authority="subsp. marlothii" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii</taxonomicName>
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is further distinguished by the presence of copious spines on both leaf surfaces. The main characters separating
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<taxonomicName id="931E6621C4EC8A2AFF893EA2BC77A411" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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Glen & D.S.Hardy from the typical subspecies is its short stems of up to 1.75 m (not up to 4 m), that are sometimes oblique or procumbent and often suckering to form clumps (not solitary rosettes). Its leaves also have no or only a few surface prickles, while its racemes are usually oblique (not as horizontal as in subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="08C0525C8A11DFBA9A97AB5B8EF0474A" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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). Drying leaves of
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<taxonomicName id="3054F93019973ED0220B95951B8B6CB6" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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have a peculiar, unpleasant odour (
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<bibRefCitation id="678999123793D3B8A381AEA5236E3753" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31383-7" author="Glen, HF" journalOrPublisher="Bradleya" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B14" refString="Glen, HF, Hardy, DS, 1987. Nomenclatural notes on three southern African representatives of the genus Aloe. South African Journal of Botany 53(6): 489-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31383-7" title="Nomenclatural notes on three southern African representatives of the genus Aloe. South African Journal of Botany 53 (6): 489 - 492." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31383-7" year="1987">Glen and Hardy 1987</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="4CB23282DB3301F880A5DA879BC1E48E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph id="B9B1C711D5F5A78C0E1DD730055DAC1E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CBD8A15CC695C0C6FCE1574FFA9E4E46" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Both subspecies are Least Concern (
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<bibRefCitation id="59A8B5131A211E13DD0F6D6BE54FDA59" 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 id="3F69012B52531C18654D19663A428D5A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis id="823BEEC38AC7AF36A88CF01D35B80464" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="7DFD38BE400C3D0F3082D0C9FAD5FE36" authority="subsp. marlothii" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii</taxonomicName>
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(red on map) is widespread throughout North-West, Limpopo (as far north as the Soutpansberg), Mpumalanga, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, as well as in south-eastern Botswana and into western Eswatini.
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<taxonomicName id="C56F6FD06D8E0D388D2277AAA33B6F17" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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(orange on map) is only known from northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, as well as southern Mozambique and low lying areas of Eswatini (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="512B58047519C74B0E55BCB579ACF74A" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii (red on map) and Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis (orange on map). Photos: G. F. Smith (subsp. marlothii), N. R. Crouch (subsp. orientalis)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388248" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">22</figureCitation>
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). It is near-endemic to the Maputaland Centre of Endemism.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E4E77E6BFB19CFF0580ECD7C8EE7D848" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="notes">
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<paragraph id="3423BA237762B276271BDD473EECC162" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D3CE3B1C905A64A4B146949EE5C0EBE4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName id="F40B79B81667F906C117940E023F44FA" authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1905" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="marlothii">
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<emphasis id="69811ED460F001D70AFBEFC08B741314" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe marlothii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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grades through intermediates into
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<taxonomicName id="482AFBC1FD3021F8BEA1460CD834C37B" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1937" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe spectabilis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
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<emphasis id="8ECC76493D50EB3C3A42C5B1A7A5DD67" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe spectabilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Reynolds at some localities (
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<bibRefCitation id="5F18FE78CD02E1217EB8646EF820499F" author="Reynolds, GW" journalOrPublisher="South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B38" refString="Reynolds, GW, 1950. The Aloes of South Africa. Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg." title="The Aloes of South Africa. Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg." year="1950">Reynolds 1950</bibRefCitation>
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). As a result, the two species are considered conspecific by some authors (
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<bibRefCitation id="BDC69E7EFC150B1C97EE5ADADB63759F" 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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<bibRefCitation id="EDE4E4AB6698BC45B76E59AFAA5AABDF" author="Carter, S" journalOrPublisher="12 part 3. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B6" refString="Carter, S, Lavranos, JJ, Newton, LE, Walker, CC, 2011. Aloes: the Definitive Guide. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / British Cactus & Succulent Society." title="Aloes: the Definitive Guide. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / British Cactus & Succulent Society." year="2011">Carter et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="70EB496704E88C41D62A3607B10E6286" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388248" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 22" startId="F22">
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<paragraph id="FCD8695E2573E36E45A4E9505C56C8FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis id="B143785E30AF7EC574EDB1EB40D04F35" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 22.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="495CCA19ED671F08FC428056FAB339A6" authority="subsp. marlothii" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii</taxonomicName>
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(red on map) and
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<taxonomicName id="585AEA6A10A52B1B2B4E3971537A2624" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">Aloe marlothii subsp. orientalis</taxonomicName>
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(orange on map). Photos: G.F. Smith (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="B431EE3C078A3496BDB74D17F53097A1" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. marlothii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="marlothii">marlothii</taxonomicName>
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), N.R. Crouch (subsp.
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<taxonomicName id="A738AF8D861991D35F1108A4F1C28385" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="subsp. orientalis" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="marlothii" subSpecies="orientalis">orientalis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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