Aloe volkensii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species: Aloe volkensii
Name

Aloe volkensii Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 141 (1895).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aloe stuhlmannii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 457 (1898).
Aloe volkensii subsp. multicaulis S.Carter & L.E.Newton, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Aloac.: 56 (1994).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Eastern Africa
Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Engler, H.G.A., 1958. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C::141. 1895
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aloe volkensii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aloe volkensii. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 21 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Aloe volkensii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 21.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aloe volkensii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

Aloe volkensii is a species of plant widely distributed in East Africa.

Description

Aloe volkensii forms a tall, stiffly-erect stem, up to 4 meters tall. It occasionally develops an offset or two from its base. The long (c.60 cm), slender, grey-green leaves are recurved. The leaves bear brown-tipped teeth on their margins. Dead leaves are persistent and remain on the stem just below the rosette (unlike those of the rare Aloe ballyi). The leaves of juvenile plants have occasional pale spots. Its orange-red flowers are 35mm long, and born on subcapitate racemes, on an erect inflorescence with up to ten branches from lower on the inflorescence.[2][3]
Distribution

This species occurs from southern Kenya, across almost all of Tanzania,[note 1][4] and as far west as Rwanda and Uganda. It grows in dry bushveld, usually on rocky slopes.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aloe volkensii.

Eastern Arc Mountains.; Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants (2009). "Aloe volkensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158213A5190314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158213A5190314.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"Aloe volkensii - Useful Tropical Plants".
Images
"Aloe dorotheae - Aloe". Biodiversity Warriors.

Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants (2009). "Aloe volkensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158213A5190314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158213A5190314.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

Notes

Note:
Tanzania Aloe endemics: A. babatiensis, boscawenii, brachystachys, brandhamii, bukobana, bullockii, bussei, congdonii, dorotheae, flexilifolia, leachii, leedalii, leptosiphon, massawana, pembana, richardsiae.
Tanzania Aloe indigenous: A. parvidens; lateritia; secundiflora; rabaiensis; volkensii; wollastonii; macrosiphon; ballyi, confusa, deserti, elata, fibrosa, morijensis, ngongensis; bicomitum, fimbrialis, veseyi; duckeri; mzimbana; bulbicaulis, nuttii; christianii; mawii; chabaudii; myriacantha