Aloe suprafoliata Pole-Evans

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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt M'Ponduine, Namaacha, Maputo Province

Photo: Ton Rulkens
Monte Ponduine, Lebombo Hills, Namaacha district

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Frequency:	Very local in Mozambique
Status:	Native
Description:	Stemless or short-stemmed perennial herb, growing solitary in small groups. Young plants with very distinct 2-ranked overlapping leaves. Spiral leaf-arrangement only after several years of growth. Leaves up to c. 30 cm long, bluish-green often tinged purple-red; margins armed with sharp brown teeth. Inflorescences 1-3, simple narrow racemes with a silvery sheen. Flowers pinkish-red, green at the tips, cylindical; bracts broadly rounded. Flowers can be present when plant still has leaves 2-ranked but mostly only once leaves are rosulate.
Notes:	This species is not in Flora Zambesiaca Volume 12 part 3 (2001), nor is it mentioned from Mozambique in Aloes, the definitive Guide (Carter et Al. 2011). The specimens in the photographs appear to be the first records for Mozambique.
Derivation of specific name:	suprafoliata: with leaves on top of each other, referring to the arrangement of the leaves of young plants.
Habitat:	In shallow soil pockets on rocky slopes.
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 9 July 2016
Literature:	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 260. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 121.

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