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Issue: Vol. 475 No. 3: 11 December 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.475.3.4
Page range: 201–208
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Reinstatement of Aloe davyana (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a winter-flowering species endemic to central-northeastern South Africa

Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa
Foundational Biodiversity Science Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
Biodiversity Research and Monitoring Directorate, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 701265, Overport, Durban, 4067 South Africa School of Chemistry & Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041 South Africa
Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa
Monocots Aloe greatheadii var. davyana maculate aloe reinstate species rank taxonomy

Abstract

Aloe davyana (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a winter-flowering aloe that is endemic to the north-central interior of South Africa, is reinstated at the rank of species based on plant size, clumping habit, leaf colour and ornamentation, inflorescence architecture, and several flower characters. In the past it was sometimes treated as A. greatheadii var. davyana.