Aloe lettyae Reynolds

Smith, Gideon F., Figueiredo, Estrela, Klopper, Ronell R. & Crouch, Neil R., 2012, Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F. Sm. & Figueiredo, Bradleya 30, pp. 155-166 : 161

Aloe lettyae Reynolds in J. S. Afr. Bot. 3: 137 (1937).

Type: South Africa, Limpopo Province, Duiwelskloof , 26 March 1937, G.W. Reynolds 2339 ( PRE, holo.!; BOL, iso.!)

Diagnostic characters: This aloe occurs as solitary plants. Leaves are obscurely spotted on the lower surface. Inflorescences are 1.75–2.00 m high and branched from about the middle with the branches distinctly rounded and gracefully curved (Figure 4). Flowers are 38–42 mm long and rosered, with pale margins and a remarkably large globose base.

Distribution: It is only known from the area around Duiwelskloof and Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, South Africa.

Habitat: Long grass and among bushes and trees on eastern slopes of hills and mountains.