Aloe framesii L. Bolus 1933
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- 1. Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. & Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. & H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa. & R. Klopper @ sanbi. org. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0948 - 5038
- 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, United Kingdom. & Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH 3 5 LR, United Kingdom. & ograce @ rbge. org. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1431 - 2761
- 3. Molecular Ecology and Evolution Programme, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa. & arrie. klopper @ up. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9803 - 8186
- 4. Ria Olivier Herbarium, Department of Botany, P. O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela University, Gqebergha, 6031, South Africa. & smithgideon 1 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5417 - 9208
- 5. Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. & Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. & H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa. & Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. & braamvanwyk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0437 - 3272 * Author for correspondence
Description
Aloe framesii
Aloe framesii was described by Louisa Bolus (1933: 140) from a specimen collected at a population to the north of Port Nolloth in 1929 by Percy Ross Frames. It occurs from Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape, south to Saldanha in the Western Cape, South Africa. It has not yet been recorded from bordering southern Namibia. A form of A. framesii (see A. amoena further on) also occurs in the Cederberg near Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. Aloe framesii grows on sandy coastal flats and on sandstone outcrops (Klopper 2014).
Its closest relatives are thought to be A. khamiesensis, from western South Africa (Reynolds 1950, Carter et al. 2011) or A. microstigma from southern and western South Africa (Glen & Hardy 2000). It is treated by some authors as a subspecies of the latter, namely A. microstigma subsp. framesii (L.Bolus) Glen & Hardy (2000: 107).
Aloe amoena Pillans (1933a: 168) from the Clanwilliam area, Western Cape, South Africa, is generally regarded as a southern and more inland form of A. framesii (Reynolds 1950). This species was decribed as being allied to A. microstigma, but differs in having branched stems, larger more attenuate leaves (30–40 × 5.5–7.0 cm) and larger flowers (35–40 mm long) (Pillans 1933a). The Clanwilliam, Agter Pakhuis, and Cederberg populations of A. framesii represent this form.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- L. Bolus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
- Species
- framesii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Aloe framesii Bolus, 1933 sec. Klopper, Grace, Klopper, Smith & Van, 2023
References
- Bolus, L. (1933) Plants, new or noteworthy. South African Gardening and Country Life 23: 140.
- Reynolds, G. W. (1950) The Aloes of South Africa. Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg, 520 pp.
- Carter, S., Lavranos, J. J., Newton, L. E. & Walker, C. C. (2011) Aloes, the definitive guide. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 719 pp.
- Glen, H. F. & Hardy, D. S. (2000) Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: Germishuizen, G. (Ed.) Flora of Southern Africa 5, Part 1, Fascicle 1. National Botanical Institute, South Africa, 167 pp. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 209564 # page / 3 / mode / 1 up]
- Pillans, N. S. (1933 a) Plants, new or noteworthy. South African Gardening and Country Life 23: 167 - 168.