Asphodelaceae : Alooideae. Aloe Hahnii, a new species in the Section Pictae, in the Soutpansberg Centre of Endemism, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Abstract

The separate specifi c status of these plants was recently confi rmed by Dr Norbert Hahn (pers. comm.). After extensive fi eldwork in the Soutpansberg, he came to the conclusion that populations hitherto regarded as A. maculata All. from the Blouberg and Lejuma and A. swynnertonii from the eastern Soutpansberg (Hahn 2002, 2006) are the same taxon and represent extremes of a very polymorphic taxon. This taxon is considered to be endemic to the Soutpansberg region and is here described as Aloe hahnii Gideon F.Sm. & R.R.Klopper.