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Aloe ballii var. makurupiniensis Ellert [family ALOACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 ballii var. makurupiniensis Ellert [family ALOACEAE], in Cact. & Succ. J. (USA) 70: 130 (1998). Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Distr., Mozambique border above Makurupini R., fl. 24.iii.1994, Ellert 525 (SRGH, holotype).
Information
Stems 1–5(20) per rootstock, erect, 1–3 cm high. Leaves erect, to 50 cm long. Inflorescence erect, to c. 75 cm high. Capsules to 18 × 9 mm (fide Ellert).
Habitat
In open grassy woodland on sandy quartzite soils, among rocks
Range
Known only from the lower mountain slopes at the south eastern tip of the Chimanimani Mts., in the Makurupini R. area
Altitude range
400–900 m.
900
400
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Makurupini area, fl. 25.viii.1969, T. Wild 8 (K; LISC).Mozambique MS east of Makurupini R., fl. 9.i.1969, Bisset 43 (SRGH); above Haroni–Makurupini Forest, 28.v.1969, Müller 1126 (K; SRGH).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 ballii var. makurupiniensis Ellert [family ALOACEAE], in Cact. & Succ. J. (USA) 70: 130 (1998). Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Distr., Mozambique border above Makurupini R., fl. 24.iii.1994, Ellert 525 (SRGH, holotype).
Information
Stems 1–5(20) per rootstock, erect, 1–3 cm high. Leaves erect, to 50 cm long. Inflorescence erect, to c. 75 cm high. Capsules to 18 × 9 mm (fide Ellert).
Habitat
In open grassy woodland on sandy quartzite soils, among rocks
Range
Known only from the lower mountain slopes at the south eastern tip of the Chimanimani Mts., in the Makurupini R. area
Altitude range
400–900 m.
900
400
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Makurupini area, fl. 25.viii.1969, T. Wild 8 (K; LISC).Mozambique MS east of Makurupini R., fl. 9.i.1969, Bisset 43 (SRGH); above Haroni–Makurupini Forest, 28.v.1969, Müller 1126 (K; SRGH).
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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 ballii var. makurupiniensis Ellert [family ALOACEAE], in Cact. & Succ. J. (USA) 70: 130 (1998). Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Distr., Mozambique border above Makurupini R., fl. 24.iii.1994, Ellert 525 (SRGH, holotype).
Information
Stems 1–5(20) per rootstock, erect, 1–3 cm high. Leaves erect, to 50 cm long. Inflorescence erect, to c. 75 cm high. Capsules to 18 × 9 mm (fide Ellert).
Habitat
In open grassy woodland on sandy quartzite soils, among rocks
Range
Known only from the lower mountain slopes at the south eastern tip of the Chimanimani Mts., in the Makurupini R. area
Altitude range
400–900 m.
900
400
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Makurupini area, fl. 25.viii.1969, T. Wild 8 (K; LISC).Mozambique MS east of Makurupini R., fl. 9.i.1969, Bisset 43 (SRGH); above Haroni–Makurupini Forest, 28.v.1969, Müller 1126 (K; SRGH).
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