Asphodelaceae
Aloe

Aloe hazeliana Reynolds

First published in J. S. African Bot. 25: 279 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical Africa (Chimanimani Mountains). It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/66178232/66178270

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Aloaceae, S. Kativu. Flora Zambesiaca 12:3. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, suckering to produce a cluster of several stems, erect to 50 cm high, or pendent to 75 cm long and up to 2 cm thick.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves distichous, laxly crowded at the stem apices, erect, spreading or pendent, 15–20 × 1–2 cm, linear, 10–15 mm apart at the sheathing bases, slightly channelled on the upper surface, very fleshy, greyish-green, white-spotted on the basal half of the lower surface; margins with a hyaline border and minute whitish teeth to 5 mm apart, or teeth often obsolete; apex bluntly obtuse to rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence simple, erect and 30–50 cm high, or on pendent stems curving upwards with the raceme erect; peduncle with a few sterile, broadly ovate bracts below the raceme, 2–3 cm apart. Raceme 4–10 × 4 cm, cylindric to subcapitate, ± laxly flowered; bracts 3–5 × 2–3 mm, ovate-acuminate, pinkish-brown; pedicels 10–15 mm long, bright orange-red.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth scarlet, tipped with green, c. 25 mm long and 5–6 mm in diameter across the ovary, cylindrical, tapering at the base; outer segments free to the base with tips slightly spreading.
Morphology Reproductive morphology
Stamens and stigma scarcely exserted.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule and seeds not seen.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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