A new species of leptoaloe, Aloe nicholsii Gideon F.Sm. & N.R.Crouch is described from the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The species shows affinities with Aloe kraussii Baker, but can be readily distinguished from it on reproductive characters: the flowers are smaller, pruinose, green below and a distinct metallic salmon-pink colour above. The flowers of A. kraussii are lemon-yellow or yellow, with green tips. Our species further differs from the unkeeled-leaf form of Aloe cooperi Baker in having much shorter flowers presented in a denser, capitate raceme, and the flower colour is not orange.
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1 October 2010
Aloe nicholsii Gideon F.Sm. & N.R.Crouch (Asphodelaceae): a new leptoaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Gideon F. Smith,
Neil R. Crouch
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Bradleya
Vol. 2010 • No. 28
October 2010
Vol. 2010 • No. 28
October 2010