Aloe vossiiReynolds [family ASPHODELACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hardy DS&Glen HG, 1986
Related name
Aloe vossii
Flora
Entry for Aloe vossii [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 vossii [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Apparently stemless grass aloe 400-500 mm tall, solitary. Leaves 14-20 in a rosette, lorate, 250-500 x 7-25 mm, narrowed towards apex, margins dentate. Inflorescence a capitate raceme; peduncle 275-500 mm long, with sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acute, ± 16 x 7-11 mm, ± 7-nerved. Flowers orange to scarlet, 20-30 mm long; all segments free; pedicels 17-30 mm long. Anthers not or very shortly exserted. Ovary ± 6.0-7.0 x 2.5 mm, green; style not or very shortly exsertÂed. Fruit dark grey-brown, ± 28 x 12 mm. Flowering time January to February.
Habitat
The leaves of this species are longer and more copiously spotted than those of A. verecunda, and are rosulate. In addition, there are minor differences in the form of the leaf spots and of the flowers.
Use
16. Aloe vossii Reynolds in Journal of South African Botany 2: 65 (1936b); Reynolds: 136 (1950); Jeppe: 123 (1969); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 29 (1972); B.-E. van Wyk & G.F.Sm.: 296 (1996). Type: Northern Province, Soutpansberg, Voss in Reynolds 557 (PRE, holo.!;BOL!).
Range
Endemic to the Northern Province. A. vossii grows in dense grassveld rich in forbs, in rocky places. It requires a somewhat warmer climate than A. verecunda (no. 14). Map 11.
