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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="C3DCCF375FE551D0B399FFC37A374542" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 142: 1-88" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 142" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365" docTitle="Aloe nicholsii Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch 2010" 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: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="162487012" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C3DCCF375FE551D0B399FFC37A374542" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3DCCF375FE551D0B399FFC37A374542" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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E
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<taxonomicName LSID="C3DCCF37-5FE5-51D0-B399-FFC37A374542" authority="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityYear="2010" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe nicholsii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nicholsii">Aloe nicholsii Gideon F.Sm. & N.R.Crouch</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Shiny aloe (English); blinkaalwyn (Afrikaans).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Grass aloe of
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0.30-0.36 m tall.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Stem</emphasis>
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short,
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0.06-0.14 m high, erect, sometimes unbranched, usually suckering to form clumps; without persistent dried leaves.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leaves</emphasis>
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distichous becoming semi-rosulate, flaccidly spreading, mid-green to light yellowish-green, occasionally with a few scattered white spots towards base, spots more common on lower surface, texture smooth, narrowly linear, tapering towards apex, canaliculate, 20-46 cm long, 2.0-3.5 cm wide; margin coarse, faintly ivory-coloured, mostly without teeth or sometimes with tiny, harmless, triangular, ivory-coloured to greenish-white teeth, less than 0.5 mm long, 5-10 mm apart; exudate drying translucent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Inflorescence</emphasis>
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0.30-0.46 m tall, erect, simple.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Raceme</emphasis>
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capitate, 3.0-3.5 cm long, 5-6 cm wide, dense.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Floral bracts</emphasis>
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10-26 mm long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pedicels</emphasis>
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25-30 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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metallic salmon-pink above, greenish below, purplish-brown tipped, lightly pruinose, 13-16 mm long, 5 mm across middle, enlarging towards slightly open, distinctly upturned mouth, tubular cymbiform; outer segments free for most of their length;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stamens</emphasis>
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not exserted;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">style</emphasis>
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exserted.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Flowering time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">January-March.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Open rocky 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 authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityYear="2010" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe nicholsii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nicholsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe nicholsii</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other grass aloes in KwaZulu-Natal with unkeeled leaves that are usually narrower than 3.5 cm and that lack a bulb-like underground swelling (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1938" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe dominella" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dominella">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe dominella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="A. Berger" authorityYear="1922" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe linearifolia" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="linearifolia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe linearifolia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe micracantha" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="micracantha">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe micracantha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe minima" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe minima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe parviflora" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflora">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe parviflora</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Reynolds" authorityYear="1947" baseAuthorityName="Reynolds" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe saundersiae" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="saundersiae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe saundersiae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), by the unbranched inflorescences (0.30-0.46 m high) with dense, capitate racemes and pedicels 25-30 mm long. The small flowers (13-16 mm long) are pruinose, greenish below and a metallic salmon-pink above, with a distinctly upturned mouth. The distichous to semi-rosulate leaves (20-46
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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2.0-3.5 cm) are flaccidly spreading and occasionally with a few scattered white spots towards the base, more commonly on the lower surface. Rosettes are usually in dense groups (
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<bibRefCitation author="Crouch, NR" journalOrPublisher="Flowering Plants of Africa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="16 - 21" refId="B9" refString="Crouch, NR, Smith, GF, Condy, G, 2011. Aloe nicholsii. Flowering Plants of Africa 62: 16 - 21" title="Aloe nicholsii." volume="62" year="2011">Crouch et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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Critically Endangered. Threats include habitat degradation due to overgrazing, urban expansion and commercial afforestation (
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<bibRefCitation author="Von Staden, L" journalOrPublisher="Aloe" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://redlist.sanbi.org" refId="B56" refString="Von Staden, L, 2013. Aloenicholsii Gideon F.Sm. & N.R.Crouch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. http://redlist.sanbi.org" title="Aloenicholsii Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1." url="http://redlist.sanbi.org" year="2013">Von Staden 2013</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known from a small area near Babanango in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. Aloe nicholsii. Photo: N. R. Crouch." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388255" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">29</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/388255" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 29" startId="F29">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 29.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch" authorityYear="2010" class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Aloe" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Aloe nicholsii" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nicholsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aloe nicholsii</emphasis>
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. Photo: N.R. Crouch.
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