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Frequency: | Locally widespread |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
This species is distinguished from Aloe chabaudii by leaves which are typically paler green, not blue-green, developing pink tips and fringes. Spotting is absent except in the NE of the country (Williamson). Racemes about 5, sub-capitate, densely flowered varying from cylindric in NW province to sub-capitate in Serenje and Mpika Districts. Plants from the Kabompo Gorge, on the boundary between Mwinilunga and Solwezi Districts are intermediate between A. milne-redheadii and A. mzimbana, lacking the spotting of the former. Here I follow Reynolds and Carter in assigning this plant to A. milne-redheadii. |
Type location: |
Malawi |
Notes: | Conservation status: Widespread and abundant along the Muchinga escarpment from Kapiri Mposhi to Mpika. |
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Habitat: | Rocky outcrops |
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Flowering time: | May - Jul |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi and northern Zambia. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lp,N,Mc |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 9 September 2015 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 290. (Includes a picture). Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 77 - 79. (Includes a picture). Lane, S.S. (2004). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Malawi Umdaus Press, Hatfield South Africa. Pages 21 - 23. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 28. (Includes a picture). Reynolds, G.W. (1966). The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Aloes Book Fund, Mbabane, Swaziland. Pages 111 - 114. (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (2002). Notes on Zambian Aloes Aloe 39(3&4) Pages 83 - 91. (Includes a picture). |
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