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Aloe cameronii var. dedzana Reynolds [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 cameronii var. dedzana Reynolds [family ALOACEAE], in J. S. African Bot. 31: 167 (1965); Aloes Trop. Africa & Madagascar: 353 (1966). TAB. 12.3.20, fig. B. Type: Malawi, Dedza Mt., viii.1938; cult. fl. 20.vii.1942, Christian 459 (SRGH, holotype; PRE).
Information
Plants caulescent, forming dense sprawling shrubs. Stem and branches to 1 m high. Racemes with flowers red, 20–25 cm long, 5–6 cm in diameter; pedicels c. 5 mm long. Perianths slender, scarcely widening towards the mouth to c. 6 mm in diameter; stamens and stigma exserted c. 5 mm.
Habitat
Among rocks in open woodland
Range
Known only from these two areas in Malawi
Altitude range
c. 480–2100 m.
2100
480
Distribution
Malawi C ex Dedza Mt.; cult. Nasonia, Thyolo, fl. 10.vii.1952, Reynolds 6662 (K; PRE).Malawi S Mangochi Distr., Monkey Bay to Mangochi (Fort Johnston) road, fl. viii.1938, Christian 951 (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 cameronii var. dedzana Reynolds [family ALOACEAE], in J. S. African Bot. 31: 167 (1965); Aloes Trop. Africa & Madagascar: 353 (1966). TAB. 12.3.20, fig. B. Type: Malawi, Dedza Mt., viii.1938; cult. fl. 20.vii.1942, Christian 459 (SRGH, holotype; PRE).
Information
Plants caulescent, forming dense sprawling shrubs. Stem and branches to 1 m high. Racemes with flowers red, 20–25 cm long, 5–6 cm in diameter; pedicels c. 5 mm long. Perianths slender, scarcely widening towards the mouth to c. 6 mm in diameter; stamens and stigma exserted c. 5 mm.
Habitat
Among rocks in open woodland
Range
Known only from these two areas in Malawi
Altitude range
c. 480–2100 m.
2100
480
Distribution
Malawi C ex Dedza Mt.; cult. Nasonia, Thyolo, fl. 10.vii.1952, Reynolds 6662 (K; PRE).Malawi S Mangochi Distr., Monkey Bay to Mangochi (Fort Johnston) road, fl. viii.1938, Christian 951 (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 cameronii var. dedzana Reynolds [family ALOACEAE], in J. S. African Bot. 31: 167 (1965); Aloes Trop. Africa & Madagascar: 353 (1966). TAB. 12.3.20, fig. B. Type: Malawi, Dedza Mt., viii.1938; cult. fl. 20.vii.1942, Christian 459 (SRGH, holotype; PRE).
Information
Plants caulescent, forming dense sprawling shrubs. Stem and branches to 1 m high. Racemes with flowers red, 20–25 cm long, 5–6 cm in diameter; pedicels c. 5 mm long. Perianths slender, scarcely widening towards the mouth to c. 6 mm in diameter; stamens and stigma exserted c. 5 mm.
Habitat
Among rocks in open woodland
Range
Known only from these two areas in Malawi
Altitude range
c. 480–2100 m.
2100
480
Distribution
Malawi C ex Dedza Mt.; cult. Nasonia, Thyolo, fl. 10.vii.1952, Reynolds 6662 (K; PRE).Malawi S Mangochi Distr., Monkey Bay to Mangochi (Fort Johnston) road, fl. viii.1938, Christian 951 (SRGH).
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