Aloe volkensii

Aloe volkensii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Aloe
Species:	A. volkensii
Binomial name
	Aloe volkensii; Engl.

Aloe volkensii is a species of plant widely distributed in East Africa.

Description

Aloe volkensii forms a tall, stiffly-erect stem, up to 4 meters tall. It occasionally develops an offset or two from its base. The long (c.60 cm), slender, grey-green leaves are recurved. The leaves bear brown-tipped teeth on their margins. Dead leaves are persistent and remain on the stem just below the rosette (unlike those of the rare Aloe ballyi). The leaves of juvenile plants have occasional pale spots. Its orange-red flowers are 35mm long, and born on subcapitate racemes, on an erect inflorescence with up to ten branches from lower on the inflorescence.^[3]^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs from southern Kenya, across almost all of Tanzania,^{[note 1]}^[5] and as far west as Rwanda and Uganda. It grows in dry bushveld, usually on rocky slopes.^[1]

References

1 2 Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants (2009). "Aloe volkensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T158213A5190314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158213A5190314.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
↑ "Aloe volkensii Engl". Species+. UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
↑ "Aloe volkensii - Useful Tropical Plants".
↑ Images
↑ "Aloe dorotheae - Aloe". Biodiversity Warriors.

Notes

↑ Note:
Tanzania Aloe endemics: A. babatiensis, boscawenii, brachystachys, brandhamii, bukobana, bullockii, bussei, congdonii, dorotheae, flexilifolia, leachii, leedalii, leptosiphon, massawana, pembana, richardsiae.
Tanzania Aloe indigenous: A. parvidens; lateritia; secundiflora; rabaiensis; volkensii; wollastonii; macrosiphon; ballyi, confusa, deserti, elata, fibrosa, morijensis, ngongensis; bicomitum, fimbrialis, veseyi; duckeri; mzimbana; bulbicaulis, nuttii; christianii; mawii; chabaudii; myriacantha ^{[citation needed]}

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants (2009). "Aloe volkensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T158213A5190314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158213A5190314.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[2] "Aloe volkensii Engl". Species+. UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2025.

[3] "Aloe volkensii - Useful Tropical Plants".

[4] Images

[6] "Aloe dorotheae - Aloe". Biodiversity Warriors.

[5] Note:
Tanzania Aloe endemics: A. babatiensis, boscawenii, brachystachys, brandhamii, bukobana, bullockii, bussei, congdonii, dorotheae, flexilifolia, leachii, leedalii, leptosiphon, massawana, pembana, richardsiae.
Tanzania Aloe indigenous: A. parvidens; lateritia; secundiflora; rabaiensis; volkensii; wollastonii; macrosiphon; ballyi, confusa, deserti, elata, fibrosa, morijensis, ngongensis; bicomitum, fimbrialis, veseyi; duckeri; mzimbana; bulbicaulis, nuttii; christianii; mawii; chabaudii; myriacantha ^{[citation needed]}

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Aloe volkensii

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II ^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Aloe
Species:	A. volkensii
Binomial name
*Aloe volkensii* Engl.