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Aloe excelsa var. excelsa [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 excelsa var. excelsa [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Leaves up to 15 cm wide, usually with scattered prickles on the lower surface. Racemes 6–7 cm in diameter; perianths 28–32 mm long.
Habitat
Granite outcrops, usually on steep rocky slopes, in open Brachystegia glaucescens woodland, gregarious
Altitude range
450–1500 m. 1500 450
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Mutasa Distr., near Watsomba, 35 km north of Mutare (Umtali), fl. 6.viii.1969, Plowes 2905 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S 3 km south of Chivi (Chibi), fl. 6.viii.1962, Leach 11510 (K; SRGH).Botswana N c. 25 km south of Ramokgwebane (Ramokgwebama), fl. 11.vii.1978, P.A. Smith 2462 (GAB; K; SRGH).Zambia C Mazabuka Distr., Kafue Gorge, fl. ix.1968, G. Williamson 1087 (PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Murehwa Distr., Chivake (Chibakwe) R., fl. 6.viii.1959, Leach 9254 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Farm Besna Kobila, vii.1955, Miller 2902 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Goromonzi Distr., Chinhamhora C.L. (Chindamora Reserve), fl. 9.viii.1962, Leach 11515 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
South Africa (Northern Prov.)
Notes
Reynolds, loc. cit.: 314 recorded this variety from Mt. Zembe in Mozambique.A. excelsa is known to form hybrids with other species with which it occurs, for example with A. aculeata (Zimbabwe, Birchenough Bridge, fl. 1.viii.1968, Bey 52 (SRGH)); A. ortholopha (Zimbabwe, Birkdale Mine, fl. viii.1968, Bey 104 (SRGH)); and with A. chabaudii (Mozambique, Mt. Zembe, fl. 25.viii.1959, Leach 9292 (SRGH)).
Aloe excelsa var. excelsa [family ALOACEAE]
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