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comptonii

Taxon

Aloe comptonii Reynolds

Protologue Aloes S. Africa 382. 1950IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (1).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (1).jpg

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (2).jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (6).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (4).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (7).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (3).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (8).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (5).jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130.jpg

Aloe comptonii, 6.99--South Africa. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Aug 09. 130.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

6.99

August 21, 2009

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asphodelaceae

Genus

Aloe

Specific Epithet

comptonii

Authorship

Reynolds

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#50,111 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

18%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →