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Aloe leptophylla

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Name

Identification
Aloe leptophylla N.E.Br. ex Baker [family ASPHODELACEAE ]
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Aloe leptophylla N. E. Brown ex Baker [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
Aloe leptophylla N. E. Brown ex Baker [family ALOACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 165;—Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 44.
Aloe Cooperi Hort. de Smet. [family ALOACEAE], non Baker.
Information
stem short, simple, 1 1/2–2 in. diam. below the rosette of leaves; leaves 12–20, lanceolate, 9–12 in. long, 2–3 in. broad low down, tapering from the middle to the tip, 1/6 in. thick in the middle, green or purple tinted, distinctly lineate, with copious, linear-oblong, whitish blotches; marginal prickles deltoid, 1/8 in. long; peduncle simple, 1 1/2 ft. long; raceme dense, capitate, about 3 in. long and broad; pedicels 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate-deltoid, acuminate; perianth 1 1/4 in. long; segments much shorter than the cylindrical tube; stamens as long as the perianth. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Cooper!
Notes
Described from living plants introduced by Cooper about 1860. It differs from all its allies by its thinner, very flexible leaves. May be the imperfectly described A. tenuifolia, Lam. Encyc. i. 87.

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