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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="98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe myriacantha Schult. & Schult. 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: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: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="162487022" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/98D5E382F1ED5440ACC7A6ADB6091305" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="98D5E382-F1ED-5440-ACC7-A6ADB6091305" authority="(Haw.) Schult. & Schult. f." 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">Aloe myriacantha (Haw.) Schult. & Schult.f.</taxonomicName>
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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">umakhuphulwane (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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Grass aloe, 0.2-0.3 m high. Acaulescent plants; rosettes solitary or sometimes suckering to form small groups.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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rosulate, erectly spreading, dull green, with few white spots towards base, with more copious somewhat tuberculate-subspinulescent spots on lower surface, narrowly linear, keeled,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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25 cm long, 0.4-1.0 cm wide; margin with minute white teeth, up to 0.5-1 mm long and more crowded near base, smaller towards apex; exudate clear.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.20-0.30 m high, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate, 4.5-8.0 cm long, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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10-20 mm long, 5-12 mm wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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10-25 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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dull white to dull reddish-pink or purple, rarely greenish-white, 15-20 mm long, not or only slightly narrowed above ovary, basally substipitate, narrowing slightly towards mouth, cylindrical-trigonous, mouth distinctly bilabiate and upturned; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted 0-1 mm.
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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">January-May/April (southern Africa), May-June (Kenya and Uganda).</paragraph>
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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">Grows amongst rocks and on rocky slopes in high-altitude montane grassland.</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 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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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 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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</taxonomicName>
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) by the dull pinkish-red flowers (15-20 mm long) with a distinctly bilabiate upturned mouth. The inflorescence (0.20-0.30 m high) is equal to or slightly longer than the rosulate leaves (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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25 cm long). Leaves have a minutely toothed margin and have spots near the base, with the spots more copious and somewhat tuberculate-subspinulescent on the lower surface.
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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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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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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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A typical Afromontane (sensu
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<bibRefCitation author="White, F" journalOrPublisher="Natural Resources Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 356" refId="B62" refString="White, F, 1983. The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. Natural Resources Research 20: 1 - 356" title="The vegetation of Africa: A descriptive memoir to accompany the Unesco / AETFAT / UNSO vegetation map of Africa." volume="20" year="1983">White 1983</bibRefCitation>
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) floristic element, this species has probably the widest distribution range of any
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe</emphasis>
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. It occurs from the Humansdorp area in the Eastern Cape, along the coast and widespread through KwaZulu-Natal, northwards along the escarpment to the Bosbokrand area in Mpumalanga, South Africa and also in western Eswatini. It is also found further north on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, in Malawi and the Eastern Arc of mountains in Tanzania and Kenya, as well as Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda in southern Tropical Africa (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Aloe myriacantha. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388253" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388253" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 27" startId="F27">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 27.</emphasis>
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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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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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