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 reynoldsii [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants stemless or short-stemmed, 300-600 mm tall excluding inflorescence; stems branched into small groups. Leaves 16-20 per rosette, 160-350 x 75-120 mm, lined, glaucous green with dull white spots, margins horny, minutely denticulate. Inflorescence a 400-600 mm tall panicle; racemes sublax, subcapitate; bracts delÂtoid-acuminate, 5-10 x 2-A mm, 3-5-nerved. Flowers yellow tinged orange, 22-30 mm long, funnel-shaped above constriction above ovary; outer segments free for 4-5 mm, inner segments adnate to outer; pedicels 14-25 mm long. Anthers exserted 1-2 mm. Ovary ±7x2 mm; style exserted 1-2 mm. Fruit ± 22 x 10 mm. Flowering time September to October.
Habitat
The leaves of A. reynoldsii are thinner than any others in the section and are lined with numerous scattered H-shaped spots. The pink cartilaginous leaf margins have distinct but minute teeth. Plants of this species branch and rebranch to form clumps, a character not found in other species of the section.
Use
62. Aloe reynoldsii Letty in The Flowering Plants of South Africa 14: t. 558 (1934c); Reynolds: 113 (1940b); Reynolds: 299 (1950); Jeppe: 65 (1969); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 155 (1972); B.-E. van Wyk & G.F.Sm.: 160 (1996). Type: Eastern Cape, near Idutywa, Reynolds 140 (= PRE16645) (PRE, holo.!; BOL!).
Range
Aloe reynoldsii occurs in a region of much higher rainfall than other members of this section. It is restricted to cracks in rock in sheer cliffs in a small part of the Eastern Cape. Map 45.
