Table 1 in Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo

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author Smith, Gideon F.
Figueiredo, Estrela
Klopper, Ronell R.
Crouch, Neil R.
author_facet Smith, Gideon F.
Figueiredo, Estrela
Klopper, Ronell R.
Crouch, Neil R.
contents <p><b>Table 1</b>. Characters used to distinguish among the species in the <i>Aloe zebrina</i> -complex of summer flowering maculate aloes.</p><table><thead><tr><th><b>Character</b></th><th><i>A. ammophila</i></th><th><i>A. braamvanwykii</i></th><th><i>A. komatiensis</i></th><th><i>A. lettyae</i></th><th><i>A. transvaalensis</i></th><th><i>A. vandermerwei</i></th><th><i>A. zebrina</i></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><b>Main geographical distribution range</b></th><td>North-central South Africa from around, and north of, Polokwane</td><td>Southern North- West Province of South Africa between Wolmaransstad, Delareyville and Stella</td><td>Eastern-north South Africa, from Malelane and Komatipoort to Maputo in Mozambique</td><td>Central-east South Africa, Duiwelskloof and Magoebaskloof</td><td>Central-north South Africa, from Standerton to Johannesburg and Pretoria, to Zeerust, also in eastern Botswana</td><td>Central-east South Africa, between Gravelotte, Letaba and Timbavati</td><td>South-tropical Africa from the Angolan coast to central Mozambique</td></tr><tr><th><b>Main flowering period</b></th><td>February, early March</td><td>December, January, February</td><td>February, March, early April</td><td>February, March, April</td><td>January, February, March</td><td>February, March</td><td>February, March, April, occasionally June, July</td></tr><tr><th><b>Habit</b></th><td>large dense colonies</td><td>usually clumped, sometimes solitary</td><td>small clumps, sometimes solitary</td><td>solitary</td><td>small clumps or solitary</td><td>dense clumps</td><td>clumped, sometimes solitary</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf dimensions</b></th><td>up to 22 × 5–6 cm</td><td>17–26 × 3.5–5.5 cm</td><td>± 40 × 8–10 cm</td><td>up to 45 × 9 cm</td><td>up to 20–25 × 6–7 cm</td><td>up to 60 × 3.5 cm</td><td>15–30 × 6–7 cm</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf colour</b></th><td>dull green</td><td>dull mid green</td><td>pale yellowish green to dull green; duller on lower surface</td><td>dull bluish green</td><td>dull somewhat milky green; paler on lower surface</td><td>dark green; paler on lower surface</td><td>dull green</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf upper surface</b></th><td>with numerous oval white more or less confluent spots in irregular undulating transverse bands</td><td>with numerous scat- tered white spots arranged in irregular transverse bands</td><td>obscurely lineate, with obscure large dull white oval confluent spots more or less arranged in undulating interrupted transverse bands</td><td>with numerous dull white elongate spots scarcely arranged in undulating transverse bands</td><td>with numerous dull white oval spots more or less confluent in interrupted undulating transverse bands</td><td>with large dull to distinct whitish elongated spots arranged more or less in undulating interrupted transverse bands</td><td>with copious whitish oblong spots in transverse bands</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf lower surface</b></th><td>obscurely lineate, sometimes without spots, usually with clear or obscure oval white spots more or less arranged in well-defined undulating transverse bands</td><td>with white spots in more distinct transverse bands, sometimes confluent to yield a milky green surface</td><td>obscurely lineate, usually without spots</td><td>with larger more obscure spots that are more obviously arranged in undulating transverse bands</td><td>obscurely lineate, usually with fewer duller white spots arranged in more obscure bands</td><td>usually with distinct spots that are more confluent and in more pronounced bands that on upper surface</td><td>sometimes more distinctly marked than the upper surface</td></tr><tr><th><b>Inflorescence height</b></th><td>± 0.66 m</td><td>0.65–0.75 m</td><td>up to 2 m</td><td>1.75–2.00 m</td><td>1.0–1.5 m</td><td>± 1 m</td><td>1.0–1.6 m</td></tr><tr><th><b>Floral bracts</b></th><td>up to 15 mm long</td><td>5–9 mm long</td><td>up to ± 7–10 mm long</td><td>12–15 mm long</td><td>up to 5–7 mm long</td><td>up to 10 mm long</td><td>10–12 mm long</td></tr><tr><th><b>Pedicels</b></th><td>up to 15 mm long</td><td>10–12 mm long</td><td>up to 6–9 mm long</td><td>12–15 mm long</td><td>up to 10–15 mm long</td><td>up to 10 mm long</td><td>6–7 mm long</td></tr><tr><th><b>Inflorescence branching</b></th><td>5–7-branched from middle</td><td>5–7-branched from above middle</td><td>± 8-branched, usually from above middle</td><td>8–12-branched from about middle</td><td>5–8-branched from above middle</td><td>6–10-branched from above middle</td><td>4–12- branched from above middle</td></tr><tr><th><b>Perianth colour</b></th><td>coral red</td><td>light pink to usually bright red</td><td>pale dull brick- red</td><td>rose-red</td><td>flesh-pink to dull coral red</td><td>flesh-pink to pale pinkish red</td><td>dull red to pinkish red</td></tr><tr><th><b>Flower dimensions</b></th><td>30–33 mm long, 9–10 mm across ovary, constricted to 5–6 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>20–25 mm long, ± 6 mm across ovary, constricted to ± 3 mm, 6–7 mm across tube</td><td>30 mm long, 9 mm across ovary, constricted to 5.5 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>38–42 mm long, 10–11 mm across ovary, constricted to 6 mm, 8–9 mm across tube</td><td>36 mm long, 9–10 mm across ovary, constricted to 5 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>30 mm long, 7–8 mm across ovary, constricted to 5 mm, 9 mm across tube</td><td>30–35 mm long, 7–9 mm across ovary, constricted to 4–5 mm, 7–8 mm across tube</td></tr></tbody></table>
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spellingShingle Table 1 in Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo
Smith, Gideon F.
Figueiredo, Estrela
Klopper, Ronell R.
Crouch, Neil R.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
<p><b>Table 1</b>. Characters used to distinguish among the species in the <i>Aloe zebrina</i> -complex of summer flowering maculate aloes.</p><table><thead><tr><th><b>Character</b></th><th><i>A. ammophila</i></th><th><i>A. braamvanwykii</i></th><th><i>A. komatiensis</i></th><th><i>A. lettyae</i></th><th><i>A. transvaalensis</i></th><th><i>A. vandermerwei</i></th><th><i>A. zebrina</i></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><b>Main geographical distribution range</b></th><td>North-central South Africa from around, and north of, Polokwane</td><td>Southern North- West Province of South Africa between Wolmaransstad, Delareyville and Stella</td><td>Eastern-north South Africa, from Malelane and Komatipoort to Maputo in Mozambique</td><td>Central-east South Africa, Duiwelskloof and Magoebaskloof</td><td>Central-north South Africa, from Standerton to Johannesburg and Pretoria, to Zeerust, also in eastern Botswana</td><td>Central-east South Africa, between Gravelotte, Letaba and Timbavati</td><td>South-tropical Africa from the Angolan coast to central Mozambique</td></tr><tr><th><b>Main flowering period</b></th><td>February, early March</td><td>December, January, February</td><td>February, March, early April</td><td>February, March, April</td><td>January, February, March</td><td>February, March</td><td>February, March, April, occasionally June, July</td></tr><tr><th><b>Habit</b></th><td>large dense colonies</td><td>usually clumped, sometimes solitary</td><td>small clumps, sometimes solitary</td><td>solitary</td><td>small clumps or solitary</td><td>dense clumps</td><td>clumped, sometimes solitary</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf dimensions</b></th><td>up to 22 × 5–6 cm</td><td>17–26 × 3.5–5.5 cm</td><td>± 40 × 8–10 cm</td><td>up to 45 × 9 cm</td><td>up to 20–25 × 6–7 cm</td><td>up to 60 × 3.5 cm</td><td>15–30 × 6–7 cm</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf colour</b></th><td>dull green</td><td>dull mid green</td><td>pale yellowish green to dull green; duller on lower surface</td><td>dull bluish green</td><td>dull somewhat milky green; paler on lower surface</td><td>dark green; paler on lower surface</td><td>dull green</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf upper surface</b></th><td>with numerous oval white more or less confluent spots in irregular undulating transverse bands</td><td>with numerous scat- tered white spots arranged in irregular transverse bands</td><td>obscurely lineate, with obscure large dull white oval confluent spots more or less arranged in undulating interrupted transverse bands</td><td>with numerous dull white elongate spots scarcely arranged in undulating transverse bands</td><td>with numerous dull white oval spots more or less confluent in interrupted undulating transverse bands</td><td>with large dull to distinct whitish elongated spots arranged more or less in undulating interrupted transverse bands</td><td>with copious whitish oblong spots in transverse bands</td></tr><tr><th><b>Leaf lower surface</b></th><td>obscurely lineate, sometimes without spots, usually with clear or obscure oval white spots more or less arranged in well-defined undulating transverse bands</td><td>with white spots in more distinct transverse bands, sometimes confluent to yield a milky green surface</td><td>obscurely lineate, usually without spots</td><td>with larger more obscure spots that are more obviously arranged in undulating transverse bands</td><td>obscurely lineate, usually with fewer duller white spots arranged in more obscure bands</td><td>usually with distinct spots that are more confluent and in more pronounced bands that on upper surface</td><td>sometimes more distinctly marked than the upper surface</td></tr><tr><th><b>Inflorescence height</b></th><td>± 0.66 m</td><td>0.65–0.75 m</td><td>up to 2 m</td><td>1.75–2.00 m</td><td>1.0–1.5 m</td><td>± 1 m</td><td>1.0–1.6 m</td></tr><tr><th><b>Floral bracts</b></th><td>up to 15 mm long</td><td>5–9 mm long</td><td>up to ± 7–10 mm long</td><td>12–15 mm long</td><td>up to 5–7 mm long</td><td>up to 10 mm long</td><td>10–12 mm long</td></tr><tr><th><b>Pedicels</b></th><td>up to 15 mm long</td><td>10–12 mm long</td><td>up to 6–9 mm long</td><td>12–15 mm long</td><td>up to 10–15 mm long</td><td>up to 10 mm long</td><td>6–7 mm long</td></tr><tr><th><b>Inflorescence branching</b></th><td>5–7-branched from middle</td><td>5–7-branched from above middle</td><td>± 8-branched, usually from above middle</td><td>8–12-branched from about middle</td><td>5–8-branched from above middle</td><td>6–10-branched from above middle</td><td>4–12- branched from above middle</td></tr><tr><th><b>Perianth colour</b></th><td>coral red</td><td>light pink to usually bright red</td><td>pale dull brick- red</td><td>rose-red</td><td>flesh-pink to dull coral red</td><td>flesh-pink to pale pinkish red</td><td>dull red to pinkish red</td></tr><tr><th><b>Flower dimensions</b></th><td>30–33 mm long, 9–10 mm across ovary, constricted to 5–6 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>20–25 mm long, ± 6 mm across ovary, constricted to ± 3 mm, 6–7 mm across tube</td><td>30 mm long, 9 mm across ovary, constricted to 5.5 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>38–42 mm long, 10–11 mm across ovary, constricted to 6 mm, 8–9 mm across tube</td><td>36 mm long, 9–10 mm across ovary, constricted to 5 mm, 7 mm across tube</td><td>30 mm long, 7–8 mm across ovary, constricted to 5 mm, 9 mm across tube</td><td>30–35 mm long, 7–9 mm across ovary, constricted to 4–5 mm, 7–8 mm across tube</td></tr></tbody></table>
title Table 1 in Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15139787