Aloe davyana Schonland 1905

Key to distinguish among the three varieties recognised in Aloe davyana : 1. Leaves 12���14; racemes broadly conical; flowers pale flesh-pink to dull brick-red to pinkish to white............................................2 1��� Leaves up to 30; racemes �� cylindrical; flowers bright orange to bright red............................................ Aloe davyana var. magdae 2. Rosettes solitary or suckering to form groups of 2���4; flowers 32���35 mm long, pale flesh-pink to dull brick-red.................................................................................................................................................................................................... A. davyana var. davyana 2���. Rosettes solitary or suckering to form groups of up to 20; flowers 22���30 mm long, pale flesh-pink to light pink to almost white....................................................................................................................................................................... A. davyana var. subolifera
Published as part of Smith, Gideon F., 2022, Aloe davyana var. magdae (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a distinctive new variety from central-northeastern South Africa, pp. 261-269 in Phytotaxa 536 (3) on page 266, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.536.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6331900