A synoptic review of the aloes (Asphodelaceae, Alooideae) of KwaZulu-Natal, an ecologically diverse province in eastern South Africa
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Klopper, Ronell Renett
Crouch, Neil R.
Smith, Gideon F.
Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam)
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Abstract
The KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa has a varied topography, geology and climate and presents
diverse habitats that support a rich and diverse flora. Aloes are well represented in KwaZulu-Natal, with
four genera [Aloe L., Aloiampelos Klopper & Gideon F.Sm., Aloidendron (A.Berger) Klopper & Gideon
F.Sm. and Aristaloe Boatwr. & J.C.Manning] and 49 taxa occurring in the province. Fourteen of these are
endemic and eleven near-endemic to the province. A floristic treatment of the aloes of KwaZulu-Natal
is presented in the form of a synoptic review. Included are an identification key to the aloes that occur
naturally in the province, species-level distribution maps and accompanying images, so providing for the
first time, an atlas of aloe occurrence in this part of the subcontinent.
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Aloe, Aloiampelos, Aloidendron, Conservation status, Distribution map, Maputaland-Pondoland- Albany hotspot, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Klopper RR, Crouch NR, Smith GF, Van Wyk AE (2020) A synoptic review of the aloes (Asphodelaceae,
Alooideae) of KwaZulu-Natal, an ecologically diverse province in eastern South Africa. PhytoKeys 142: 1–88. https://DOI.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.142.48365.