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Aloe nubigena

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Identification
Aloe nubigena Groenew. [family ASPHODELACEAE ]
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Entry for Aloe nubigena [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 nubigena [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants suckering, forming dense clumps 150-300 mm tall; short-stemmed, pendent. Leaves +16, distichous or rosulate, horizontal to reflexed, lorate-lanceolate, 160-330 x 12-20 mm, slightly canaliculate, apple-green, margins entire, ciliate or obscurely denticulate. Inflores­cence a capitate raceme; peduncle 150-300 mm long, with sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acute, 10-14 x 3-8 mm, obscurely many-nerved. Flowers orange, 17-27 mm long, cylindric; all segments free, often with green apices; pedicels 14-26 mm long. Anthers exserted up to 1 mm. Ovary pale yellow, 4.5-6.0 x 2.0 mm; style exserted up to 1 mm. Fruit ± 19 x 9 mm. Flowering time December to February.
Habitat
Differences between this species and its closest allies, A. thompsoniae (no. 11) and A. soutpansbergensis (no. 12), are discussed under those species. In addition, the leaves of A. thompsoniae are armed with distinct, if small, teeth, whereas those of A. nubigena have suben-tire margins.
Use
13. Aloe nubigena Groenew. in Tydskrif vir Wetenskap en Kuns 14: 136 (1936b); Pole Evans: t. 628 (1936a); Reynolds: 132 (1950); Jeppe: 120 (1969); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 23 (1972); B.-E. van Wyk & G.F.Sm.: 284 (1996). Type: Mpumalanga, Graskop, F.Z. van der Merwe 133 (PRE!).
Range
Occurring in the Northern Province and Mpumalanga. Aloe nubigena is another cliff-dweller of the eastern escarpment, and is found in the mist belt, usually facing seawards. Map 9.

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