Aloe pienaarii Pole Evans

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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Near Goba Fronteira, Lemombo Mts, Maputo Province

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Lebombos Hills, Goba district, Maputo province

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Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Succulent herb, solitary or suckering to form small groups, stemless or with a very short stem. Leaves in a compact rosette, stiffly erect, up to 90 cm long, 12-15 cm wide at the base, grey-green, tinged reddish in dry conditions; margin with sharp 3-angular brown-tipped teeth. Inflorescences 1-3, erect, 1.25-1.75m high, 4-8-branched. Racemes very densely many-flowered, 25-50 cm long, narrowly cylindric-acuminate; bracts c. 20 × 6 mm, ovate-acuminate, many-veined. Flowers 50-45 mm long, 3-sided-cylindric, bright red, green-tipped in bud, sometimes yellow with a red base.
Notes:	This species has long been considered synonymous with A. cryptopda but can be readily distinguished by the much larger and differently shaped floral bracts, generally larger plant size, more closely spaced marginal teeth, more densely flowered racemes and longer perianths
Derivation of specific name:	pienaarii: after P. J. Pineaar, who collected this species in 1914, near Pietersburg, in South Africa.
Habitat:	In sandy soils among rocks in deciduous woodland.
Altitude range:	140 - 600 m
Flowering time:	Jun - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 9 July 2016
Literature:	Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 95 - 97. (Includes a picture). Carter, S., Lavranos, J.J., Newton, L.E. & Walker, C.C. (2011). Aloes, The Definitive Guide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 978 1 84246439 7 Page 385. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aloe pienaarii
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