Table 1. Differences between Aloe nicholsii and A in Aloe nicholsii Gideon F. Sm. & N. R. Crouch (Asphodelaceae): A new leptoaloe from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Table 1. Differences between Aloe nicholsii and A. kraussii.
CharacterA. nicholsiiA. kraussiiClumpingsolitary or in clumps of up to 40 headssolitary or in clumps with <10 headsStem± 60 (–140) mmacaulescent or very short (–50 mm)Leavesflaccidly spreading, narrowly linear-acuminateerectly spreading, broadly linear-acuminatePhenologyJanuary to MarchNovember to FebruaryFlowers± 13–16 mm long, metallic salmon-pink above to green below, lightly pruinose± 16–18 mm long, lemon-yellow to yellow, green-tipped, not pruinoseAndroeciumfilaments included, anthers included or very slightly exsertedfilaments exserted, anthers exserted to to 3 mm