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Issue: Vol. 710 No. 2: 15 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.2.6
Page range: 211-220
Abstract views: 233
PDF downloaded: 12

The natural hybrid between Aloe claviflora and A. ferox (Asphodelaceae [subfam. Asphodeloideae] tr. Aloeae) described as A. ×bornmanii

Ria Olivier Herbarium, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
Research & Scientific Services, Foundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa; H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa
Groot Karoo nothospecies South Africa Monocots

Abstract

Aloe ×bornmanii (Asphodelaceae [subfam. Asphodeloideae] tr. Aloeae), the hybrid between A. claviflora and A. ferox, is described from South Africa’s Groot Karoo. Aloe claviflora flowers predominantly in late-winter to spring and A. ferox in mid- to late-winter. In places where the natural distribution ranges of the two species overlap and where early-flowering A. claviflora and late-flowering A. ferox plants co-occur, the hybrid between the two species is often encountered.

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How to Cite

Smith, G.F. & Klopper, R.R. (2025) The natural hybrid between Aloe claviflora and A. ferox (Asphodelaceae [subfam. Asphodeloideae] tr. Aloeae) described as A. ×bornmanii. Phytotaxa 710 (2): 211–220. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.2.6