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Aloe thompsoniae

Plant
Common names: Wolkberg cliff aloe (Eng.), Wolkberg krans-aalwyn (Afr.).
Family: Asphodelaceae

Wolkberg cliff aloe (Eng.), Wolkberg krans-aalwyn (Afr.). Kirstenbosch NBG ... long and 6-7 mm in diameter, on pedicels to 15-20 mm long. Aloe thompsoniae flowers during summer (November-April) and ... fast and plants should flower in the second or third year. Aloe thompsoniae is named in honour of Audrey Thompson the ...

04/05/2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kumara plicatilis

Plant
Common names: fan aloe, Franschhoek aloe (Eng.); waaieraalwyn, Franschoekaalwyn, bergaalwyn, tongaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

fan aloe, Franschhoek aloe (Eng.); waaieraalwyn, Franschoekaalwyn, bergaalwyn, ... clusters resemble an open fan, hence the common name fan aloe. This unusual arrangement and shape of the leaves is ... slow-growing. Kumara plicatilis  was previously known as Aloe plicatilis . Molecular studies showing that the species ...

01/01/2003 | | Harold Porter NBG

Gonialoe genus

Plant
Common names: partridge aloes, partridge-breasted aloes, tiger aloes, variegated aloes (Eng.); bontaalwyne, bontbees, kanniedood aalwyne (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... three species that were previously included in the genus Aloe . Following molecular research on the generic-level relationships among the alooids, the genus Aloe was split into several segregate genera: Aloe (true aloes), Aloiampelos (rambling aloes), Aloidendron ...

17/10/2022 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Aloe greenii

Plant
Common names: ground spotted aloe (Eng.); iCeza lesikhotha (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

ground spotted aloe (Eng.); iCeza lesikhotha (isiZulu) Kirstenbosch NBG Aloe greenii is a low-growing succulent with a flower spike ... other aloes and is a survival strategy. The generic name Aloe is derived from the Greek aloe for the bitter sap ...

17/09/2012 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloestrela suzannae

Plant
Common names: Malagasy tree aloe, Suzanna’s aloe (Eng.); vaho, vahona, vahondrano (Malagasy)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Malagasy tree aloe, Suzanna’s aloe (Eng.); vaho, vahona, vahondrano (Malagasy) Pretoria NBG ... in Madagascar. Decary described this species as Aloe suzannae in 1921. Gideon Smith and Steven Molteno moved ...

04/11/2024 | | Pretoria NBG

Aloidendron tongaense

Plant
Common names: Tonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Tonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... which are not curved. A. barberae is our largest tree aloe (up to 19 m tall) from montane and riverine valleys in ... A. eminens, A. tongaense, A. ramosissimum and A. pillansii . The related fan-aloe, previously known as Aloe ...

05/01/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gonialoe variegata

Plant
Common names: partridge breast aloe (Eng.); kanniedood, bontalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

partridge breast aloe (Eng.); kanniedood, bontalwyn (Afr.) Harold Porter NBG Gonialoe variegata is classified as a dwarf aloe and is grouped together with various other aloes that ... drainage. Companion plants to Gonialoe variegata include Aloe aristata, A. bowiea, A. brevifolia , A. humilis, A. ...

30/06/2008 | | Harold Porter NBG

Kumara haemanthifolia

Plant
Common names: haemanthus-leaf aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

haemanthus-leaf aloe Karoo Desert NBG Kumara haemanthifolia is a robust plant ... situation, constitute an ideal habitat that enables this aloe to thrive under relatively protected conditions. To a ... plant and very rarely flowers in cultivation. Like Aloe polyphylla from the misty Lesotho highlands, Kumara ...

14/11/2011 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Cotyledon barbeyi var. soutpansbergensis

Plant
Common names: Soutpansberg cliff-cotyledon (Eng.), Soutpansberg krans-plakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... was named by Braam van Wyk and the author in Aloe magazine in 2012 (Van Jaarsveld & Van Wyk 2012).The ... and study cliff-dwelling succulent plants, in particular Aloe petrophila, in their cliff habitat. This small, rare Aloe with spotted leaves, is one of the smallest of the Aloe ...

20/03/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe polyphylla

Plant
Common names: spiral aloe (English); kroonaalwyn (Afrikaans); lekhala kharatsa (seSotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

spiral aloe (English); kroonaalwyn (Afrikaans); lekhala kharatsa ... Walter Sisulu NBG The most striking feature of this aloe is the perfect spiral in which the leaves are arranged. ... It is a criminal offence to remove plants or seed of  Aloe polyphylla  from the natural habitat or to buy plants ...

04/03/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

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