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Aloe dabenorisana

Plant
Common names: Dabenoris aloe, Pella aloe (Eng.); pella-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Dabenoris aloe, Pella aloe (Eng.); pella-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Aloe dabenorisana is a slow-growing, long-lived, perennial ...

11/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe pavelkae

Plant
Common names: Hunsberg aloe (Eng.); hunsberg-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Hunsberg aloe (Eng.); hunsberg-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants ... mm apart. The leaf tip ends in a sharp point. Figure 2 . Aloe pavelkae in flower in cultivation at Kirstenbosch ... but sporadically at other times as well. Figure 3. Aloe pavelkae in fruit in habitat, on a sheer cliff on the ...

18/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe omavandae

Plant
Common names: Omavanda aloe (Eng.); omavanda-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Omavanda aloe (Eng.); omavanda-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants ... branches in upper half, simple in young plants. Figure 2 . Aloe omavandae on a south-facing sandstone cliff and a ... As the capsule matures it is held in an erect position. Strong gusts of wind enables the seed to become air borne ...

25/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe kouebokkeveldensis

Plant
Common names: Kouebokkeveld aloe (Eng.); kouebokkeveldaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Kouebokkeveld aloe (Eng.); kouebokkeveldaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... are dispersed by wind, in autumn. Figure 2 . A group of Aloe kouebokkeveldensis on a sandstone cliff beside the ... coming rains. These are held in an erect position where strong gusts of wind dislodge them from the open capsule. The ...

08/02/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bulbine meiringii

Plant
Common names: Meiringspoort bulbine (Eng.); Meiringspoortkopieva (Afr.)

Family: Asphodelaceae

... Bulbine meiringii was named by the author in the magazine Aloe in 2003 and was named for its habitat, Meiringspoort. ...

01/03/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bulbine suurbergensis

Plant
Common names: Suurberg Bulbine (Eng.); suurbergkopieva (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... was named by Braam van Wyk and the author in the magazine Aloe in 2005. The plant was found by Jan Burring ...

22/03/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bulbine ramosa

Plant
Common names: Badspoort bulbine (Eng.); badspoortkopieva (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Bulbine ramosa was named by the author in the magazine Aloe in an article by Braam van Wyk and the author in 2003. ...

05/04/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bulbine thomasiae

Plant
Common names: Mbashe bulbine (Eng.); mbashekopieva (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Bulbine thomasiae was named by the author in the magazine Aloe in 2003, for plants collected near Colleywobbles, Mbashe ...

26/04/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bulbine latifolia var. curvata

Plant
Common names: curved-leaf bulbine (Eng.); kromblaarkopieva (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... var. curvata was named by the author in the magazine Aloe which specializes in succulent plants, in 2003, from ...

24/05/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Trachyandra tabularis

Plant
Common names: Table Mountain cliff trachyandra (Eng.); kranskool (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... of the Asphodelaceae, the family to which Bulbine, Aloe (550), Haworthia, Gasteria (30) and Kniphofia (71) ...

24/06/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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