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 krapohliana [family ALOACEAE]
Common names
A. krapohliana Marloth var. dumoulinii Lavranos: 41 (1973b); D.S.Hardy: 517 (1974). Type: Northern Cape, Alexander Bay, Lavranos & Butler 8777 (PRE!).
Information
Plants stemless or short-stemmed, 150-200 mm tall, solitary or rarely in small clumps. Leaves 20-30, 100-200 x 20-40 mm, upper surface flat, lower surface convex, glaucous brownish green, margins with minute white teeth or apparently unarmed. Inflorescence a simple, rarely branched, dense raceme; pedunÂcle 300^1-00 mm long; bracts lanceolate-acumiÂnate, ± 14-16 x 5 mm, many-nerved. Flowers scarlet, 23-35 mm long, mouth slightly upturned; pedicels 15-20 mm long. Anthers exserted 0-3 mm. Ovary ± 6.0 x 1.5-2.5 mm, pale green; style exserted up to 3 mm. Fruit 25-30 x 16-17 mm, grey. Flowering time June to August.
Habitat
The usually solitary habit and unarmed, unspotted leaves distinguish this species from others in this section.
Use
30. Aloe krapohliana Marloth in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 1: 408 (1909); Pole Evans: t. 201 (1926a); Reynolds: 179 (1950); Jeppe: 34 (1969); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 59 (1972); B.-E. van Wyk & G.F.Sm.: 144 (1996). Type: Northern Cape, near Pella, Krapohl in Marloth 4673 (PRE!).
Range
Endemic to Namaqualand (Northern and Western Cape), A. krapohliana occurs on clay, stony (quartzite) and sandy soils in succulent and nonsucculent karoo in the winter-rainfall area. Plants on clay soils at high altitude are much larger than those on sandy soils on the coastal plain, while those on low-altitude stony soils are intermediate in size. The flowering season from June to August is unusual for an aloe of the winter-rainfall area. Map 24.
