FIGURE 1. A. Aloe verecunda has a wide but patchy natural geographical distribution range in northeastern South Africa. This photograph of a form with bright red flowers was taken in the North West province near the western limits of its range. B. A. cooperi growing in dense grassland near Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Note the distinctly conical inflorescences and sparsely arranged sterile bracts higher up on the peduncles. C. A large clump of A. hankeyi in full flower. D. Leaves of A. hankeyi are not keeled, unlike those of A. cooperi, which are distinctly keeled abaxially. E. Racemes of A. hankeyi are broadly conical to distinctly flat-topped. F. The sterile peduncular bracts of A. hankeyi (peduncle on the left) are much more densely concentrated towards the raceme than in A. cooperi (peduncle on the right) or A. verecunda. G. The large flowers of A. hankeyi are dull red for ⅔ of their length, with the upper ⅓ being greenish. H. Andrew John Hankey (1968–) on 21 August 2019. I. Type locality of A. hankeyi (red dot). Unvouchered site records in eastern Gauteng and western Mpumalanga are not reflected on the map. All photographs by Gideon F. Smith.