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E
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<taxonomicName id="C207376A112DD8F41024BECB5635536A" ID-CoL="C3QD" LSID="CC83E89A-B49D-5F61-8580-B4AFF1FDE70E" authority="Plowes" authorityName="Plowes" authorityYear="1986" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe inconspicua" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="inconspicua">Aloe inconspicua Plowes</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="7273F893D5E82D0D661F665B1F06FA0B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe. Acaulescent plants, rosettes solitary, erect, with old persistent leaf bases forming a subterranean ovoid bulb-like swelling.
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<emphasis id="36482FC4F7A5AA6F413D766514867A1B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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rosulate, erect, deciduous, dark green, upper surface without spots, lower surface with narrow elongate white spots in basal half, narrowly linear, acuminate, 10-20 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, dilating below ground to 3 cm; margin narrow, translucent, with soft translucent teeth, 0.5 mm long, 2-4 mm apart.
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0.15 m high, erect, simple.
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narrowly triangular to cylindrical,
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7 cm long, 2 cm wide, very dense.
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<emphasis id="984A51CD2AFAF4696275BE53380FD3D2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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13-15 mm long.
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<emphasis id="C38652E5E19C9EAD9C2BC8F8946C3685" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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absent.
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<emphasis id="12BA893D4C010FB7664684B614E339F6" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowers</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="CCBD1FEB07FC93709F606FA732DCEBC2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">perianth</emphasis>
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green, 15 mm long, narrowing slightly towards slightly bilabiate mouth, cylindrical-trigonous; outer segments free to base;
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<emphasis id="AF3B23EF5F8EF35D25BEB7541C17E931" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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exserted to 1 mm;
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<emphasis id="A488B5028DA8073A969BC1EE9288051E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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not exserted.
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<paragraph id="713EE6CD4E9CE991FA9AE58E14EF56E1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="95CCBC62A4815F7646DE6F340D63DA23" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">November.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E174101CB8044123ACCBB48C49CDA01" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5941463F77E14A0DACD86637A0CC3EFA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">In sparse short grass in areas of dry, low-altitude, thorny, open woodland. Grows in the transition zone between open grassland and valley bushveld. Shale and sandstone. Hot summers, but can be very cold in winter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F04495080880716B447FE5239F5600EC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9BD617FFFCDB423737765E254FF6C6B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe inconspicua</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal where the leaf bases form a subterranean bulb-like swelling (
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<emphasis id="C62D9BF258917372560D2CC6FC2397AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe bergeriana</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="379CA33712877D2725075A83730EA266" authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1890" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe kniphofioides" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kniphofioides">
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<emphasis id="2B4E29BDD81E732ECB519745A1998515" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe kniphofioides</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="C8760E8C77E09A9A37FB36E5EC4972D1" authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1956" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe modesta" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="modesta">
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<emphasis id="12E3F55FD6B76E43F6F77B27C73ACDA2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe modesta</emphasis>
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), by the very narrow leaves (10-20
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0.3-0.4 cm) that are heavily spotted on the lower surface and with soft transluscent marginal teeth. It is also characterised by the very dense, unbranched, cylindrical raceme (
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<normalizedToken id="44F5BF1ADC4DA4B20110E7CD1422CA33" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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7 cm long) with sessile, suberectly spreading, green, slightly bilabiate, unscented flowers (15 mm long).
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<paragraph id="8F910D0143AE0580AF08D607E7049FF6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="35081FBB0D44DDAF924D6E5DA93642F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Endangered. Threats include habitat degradation owing to overgrazing, subsistence farming and urban expansion (
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<bibRefCitation id="8B9FCC8115C1F9E6DA237C78094FBD27" 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 id="C089F88FADB1E7E89F14DC0E1852CF7A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Only known from the Bushmans River catchment between Weenen and Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="B0A5141097401194FBE74284FE3B624D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6A060893737F085F9D21091FE4F36002" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe inconspicua</emphasis>
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. Photos: P. Joffe (flowers), E. van Wyk (plant).
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