Aloe framesii, L. Bolus, 1933

Klopper, Ronell R., Grace, Olwen M., Klopper, Arrie W., Smith, Gideon F. & Van, Abraham E., 2023, A taxonomic revision of Aloe sect. Purpurascentes (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), Phytotaxa 628 (1), pp. 1921-1935 : 1921-1935

Aloe framesii

Aloe framesii was described by Louisa Bolus (1933: 140) from a specimen collected at a population to the north of Port Nolloth in 1929 by Percy Ross Frames. It occurs from Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape, south to Saldanha in the Western Cape, South Africa. It has not yet been recorded from bordering southern Namibia. A form of A. framesii (see A. amoena further on) also occurs in the Cederberg near Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. Aloe framesii grows on sandy coastal flats and on sandstone outcrops (Klopper 2014).

Its closest relatives are thought to be A. khamiesensis , from western South Africa ( Reynolds 1950, Carter et al. 2011) or A. microstigma from southern and western South Africa ( Glen & Hardy 2000). It is treated by some authors as a subspecies of the latter, namely A. microstigma subsp. framesii (L.Bolus) Glen & Hardy (2000: 107) .

Aloe amoena Pillans (1933a: 168) from the Clanwilliam area, Western Cape, South Africa, is generally regarded as a southern and more inland form of A. framesii ( Reynolds 1950) . This species was decribed as being allied to A. microstigma , but differs in having branched stems, larger more attenuate leaves (30–40 × 5.5–7.0 cm) and larger flowers (35–40 mm long) ( Pillans 1933a). The Clanwilliam, Agter Pakhuis, and Cederberg populations of A. framesii represent this form.