Aloe hazeliana var. howmanii Reynolds S. Carter [family ALOACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 12, Part 3, page 48, (2001) Author: S. Kativu
Names
Aloe hazeliana var. howmanii Reynolds S. Carter [family ALOACEAE], comb. nov. Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Mts., fl. 1.v.1957, Ball 646 (K; PRE, holotype; SRGH).
Aloe howmanii Reynolds [family ALOACEAE], in Kirkia 1: 156 (1961). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 51 (1961). —Wild in Kirkia 4: 135 (1964). —Reynolds, Aloes Trop. Africa & Madagascar: 17 (1966). —West, Aloes Rhodesia: 39, pl. 4c (1974); Aloes Zimbabwe, rev. Kimberley: 47 (1992). —Court, Succ. Fl. South. Africa: 147 (1981). —Kimberley in Cact. & Succ. J. (USA) 62: 224 (1990).
Information
Stems pendent. Leaves pendent, 12–20 mm broad, without spots, or with a few scattered spots at the base of the lower surface; hyaline margin up to 1.5 mm wide, with teeth very obscure, usually only towards the base and sometimes at the rounded apex. Inflorescence curving upwards from the pendent stem; raceme erect, 4–5 cm long, subcapitate.
Habitat
Pendent on rock faces shaded from the sun
Range
Known only from the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border region of the Chimanimani Mountains, and recorded from the Mozambique side (Kimberley, loc. cit. 225 (1990))
Altitude range
1500–2300 m.
2300
1500
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., fl. 6.vi.1949, Wild 2881 (BR; K; PRE; SRGH); fl. 25.v.1962, Plowes 2246 (K; SRGH).
Aloe hazeliana var. howmanii Reynolds S. Carter [family ALOACEAE]
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