TABLE 1 in Reinstatement of Aloe verdoorniae (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a distinctively purplish blue-leaved species of maculate aloe endemic to the eastern Gauteng and western Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa

TABLE 1. Vegetative- and reproductive-morphological differences between Aloe verdoorniae and Aloe davyana var.
#CharacterAloe verdoorniaeAloe davyanaA.Vegetative characters1.Clumping (no. of rosettes)Solitary2–42.Adaxial leaf surface (colour)Purplish blue to distinctly glaucous to dull greenishDark brownish green3.Adaxial leaf surface (presence of maculation)Immaculate to rarely white-spottedWhite-spots always present4.Adaxial leaf surface (nature of maculation)If present, white spots ± H-shaped-oblong; usually haphazardly arranged, rarely in interrupted, wavy, transverse bandsWhite spots numerous; ± oblong; often arranged in interrupted, wavy, transverse bandsB.Reproductive characters5.Fertile bract length (mm)9–1520–256.Perianth colour externallyUniformly pinkish to pinkish red or pinkish to pinkish red in the basal ⅔ of the perianth only, then light whitish yellow in the apical ⅓ with greenish stripesPale flesh-pink to dull brick-red, greenishto greyish-striped