Species Aloe comptonii
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Etymology of Aloe:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Scientific name:
Aloe comptonii Reynolds
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Protologue:
Aloes S. Afr. 382 (1950)
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Year published:
1950
Stems erect or creeping, succulent, to 1 m. Leaves ascending, lanceolate, margins coarsely toothed. Flowers in capitate, branched racemes, nodding, scarlet. Aug.--Dec. Stony flats and slopes, KM, SE (Montagu to Uniondale and S Karoo).
Observations of Taxon
Aloe comptonii
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Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Aloe comptonii
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Aloe comptonii
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Doreen Court (Mr.Drimia)
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Aloe comptonii
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 2:43pm
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Aloe comptonii
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Name of observer:
James Deacon (Mr.Drimia)
Date observed:
17/08/2009 - 4:58pm
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