Aloiampelos tenuior var. ernstii, a new orange-flowered variety of rambling aloe (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae)
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Smith, Gideon F.
Figueiredo, Estrela
Klopper, Ronell Renett
Campell, Eileen E.
Martin, Kristen
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Magnolia Press
Abstract
A red- and several yellow-flowered variants of Aloiampelos tenuior (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a species of
scrambling aloe, are well known, including in cultivation, and apart from the autonymic variety, at least four others have
been given taxonomic recognition at that rank. The yellow-flowered varieties of A. tenuior are predominantly, but not
exclusively, based on vegetative characters, while the red-flowered variety is distinguished by its flower colour, as well as
vegetative characters. The orange-flowered form of A. tenuior, which is much less common in cultivation than A. tenuior
var. tenuior or A. tenuior var. rubriflora, is here described as A. tenuior var. ernstii.
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Aloe, Aloiampelos tenuior, South Africa (SA), Scrambling aloe
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Smith, Gideon F., Figueiredo, Estrela, Klopper, Ronell R., Campbell, Eileen E., Martin, Kristen (2022): Aloiampelos tenuior var. ernstii, a new orange-flowered variety of rambling aloe (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae). Phytotaxa 571 (1): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.1.8