Asphodelaceae
Aloe

Aloe marlothii A.Berger

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 87 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a succulent shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Free State

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Carter, S., Lavranos, J.J., Newton, L.E. & Walker, C.C. (2011). Aloes. The definitive guide: 1-720. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Glen, H.F. & Hardy, D.S. (2000). Flora of Southern Africa. Part 1, Fascicle 1: Aloaceae (first part): Aloe. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Grace, O.M., Simmonds, M.S.J., Smith, G.F. & Van Wyk, A.E. (2008). Therapeutic uses of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) in southern Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119: 604-614.
  • Grace, O.M., Simmonds, M.S.J., Smith, G.F. & Van Wyk, A.E. (2009). Documented utility and biocultural value of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae): a review. Economic Botany 63: 167-176.
  • Newton, L.E. (2001). Aloe. In: Eggli, U. (ed). CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hanbury [s.n.] South Africa K000256746 Type Yes
Hanbury [s.n.] South Africa K000256747 Type Yes
Marloth, R. [3788] Botswana K000256582 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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