Compilation
Aloe barberae

5 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Aloe barberae Dyer [family ALOACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Aloe bainesii Dyer [family ALOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
Related name
  • Aloe bainesii
  • Aloe barberae

Flora

Entry for Aloe barberae [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Aloe barberae [family ALOACEAE]
Common names
A. bainesii T.-Dyer: 568 (1874); Baker: t. 6848 (1885); Baker: 326 (1896a); A.Berger: 319 (1908); Marloth: 92 (1915); Sim: 152 (1919); Reynolds: 498 (1950); Jeppe: 59 (1969); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 281 (1972); Palmer & Pitman: 399 (1972); Compton: 98 (1976). Type: KwaZulu-Natal, Greytown dist., T. Baines s.n. (K!). A. bainesii T.-Dyer var. barberae (T.-Dyer) Baker: 326 (1896a).
Information
Description as for section. Flowering time May to June. Figure 25.
Habitat
Thiselton-Dyer reduced his A. bainesii to syn­onymy under A. barberae the year after he pub­lished both names (Thiselton-Dyer 1875a). This paper seems to have been ignored by all subse­quent workers dealing with this species. As there are no grounds for challenging Thiselton-Dyer's decision, it is necessary to discard the well-known name for this species in favour of the less familiar one (Smith, Van Wyk & Glen 1994).
Use
118. Aloe barberae T.-Dyer in The Gar­deners' Chronicle 1: 568 (1874); T.-Dyer: 90 (1875a); T.-Dyer: 49 (1875b); B.-E. van Wyk & G.F.Sm.: 30 (1996). Type: Hort., Anon. s.n. (K!).
Range
Aloe barberae is found in Mpumalanga, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape; also in Mozambique. It typically grows in dry for­est. The tallest specimens occur in the Lebombo foothills near the KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique-Swaziland border; those with the greatest diame­ter occur near Grahamstown. Map 86.

Related Materials