Gilbert Westacott Reynolds: his study of Aloe and a bibliography of his work

Abstract

Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (1895–1967) was the doyen of Aloe students from 1930 to 1966. The first bibliography of his work is provided. It lists a total of 122 publications on the genus, of which 8 are books, the major ones being The Aloes of South Africa (1950, with three later editions) and The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar (1966). He published 73 papers in the Journal of South African Botany in which species were revised and new ones described. He named 83 new species and 19 new varieties: these 102 names account for c.11% of new epithets published in Aloe since 1753, making him the most prolific publisher of such names of all time. It is emphasized that Reynolds aimed to illustrate his publications with high quality photos and a previously unpublished proof plate is included as an example of his work. He published a series of travelogues from which brief extracts with commentaries are included. Notes are also provided on some of his major collaborators for his studies in tropical Africa and on his commemorations and awards.

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Summary
: Gilbert Westacott Reynolds
(1895–1967) was the doyen of
Aloe
students from
1930 to 1966. The first bibliography of his work
is provided. It lists a total of 122 publications on
the genus, of which 8 are books, the major ones
being
The Aloes of South Africa
(1950, with three
later editions) and
The Aloes of Tropical Africa
and Madagascar
(1966). He published 73 papers
in the
Journal of South African Botany
in which
species were revised and new ones described. He
named 83 new species and 19 new varieties:
these 102 names account for c.11% of new
epithets published in
Aloe
since 1753, making
him the most prolific publisher of such names of
all time. It is emphasized that Reynolds aimed to
illustrate his publications with high quality
photos and a previously unpublished proof plate
is included as an example of his work. He
published a series of travelogues from which
brief extracts with commentaries are included.
Notes are also provided on some of his major
collaborators for his studies in tropical Africa
and on his commemorations and awards.
Zusammenfassung
: Gilbert Westacott Reynolds
(1895–1967) war zwischen 1930 und 1966 der
Doyen der
Aloe
-Spezialisten. Die hier veröf-
fentlichte erste Bibliographie seiner Arbeiten
umfasst insgesamt 122 Publikationen über die
Gattung, von welchen 8 Bücher sind – die wich-
tigsten Titel sind
The Aloes of South Africa
(1950, mit drei späteren Ausgaben) und
The
Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar
(1966).
Er veröffentlichte ferner 73 Zeitschriftenartikel
im
Journal of South African Botany,
in welchen
Arten revidiert und neue Arten beschrieben
wurden. Er benannte 83 neue Arten und 19 neue
Varietäten. Diese 102 Namen machen ungefähr
11% aller seit 1753 in der Gattung
Aloe
publizierten neuen Epitheta aus, was ihn zum
fleissigsten Autor solcher Namen aller Zeiten
macht. Es wird betont, dass Reynolds stets
versuchte, seine Veröffentlichungen mit quali-
tativ hochstehenden Fotos zu illustrieren, und
eine bisher unveröffentlichte Probetafel wird als
Beispiel seiner Arbeit wiedergegeben.
Darüberhinaus veröffentlichte er eine Reihe von
Reiseberichten, aus welchen kurze Auszüge
vorgestellt und kommentiert werden. Ferner
werden Angaben zu einigen seiner wichtigsten
Kooperationspartnern im Rahmen der Studien
im tropischen Afrika gemacht, sowie zu
Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen.
Intr o d u c tio n
The modern era of
Aloe
study began with Gilbert
Westacott Reynolds (1895–1967) (Figure 1).
There is no available bibliography of his
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Gilbert Westacott Reynolds: his study of Aloe and a bibliography
of his work
Colin C. Walker
Dept. of Life Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England (email: c.c.walker@open.ac.uk).
Figure 1. Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (from Anon.,
1961). Photographer unknown.

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numerous publications on this genus, so the prin-
cipal aim of this paper is to fill this gap in the
literature on
Aloe
. To set his publications in
context, a biographical introduction is provided,
together with extracts and commentary on his
travelogues and notes on some of his collabora-
tors.
Reynolds was born on the 10th October, 1895
in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia and moved to
Johannesburg with his parents in 1902, where
his father set up business as an optician. The
young Reynolds was educated at St. John’s
College, Johannesburg and served in World War
I, attaining the rank of Captain. He later quali-
fied as an optometrist, joined his father’s busi-
ness in 1921 and was an optician until 1960,
when he retired to Swaziland (Gunn & Codd,
1981; Kimberley, 1971). He died in Mbabane,
Swaziland on the 7th April, 1967.
His widow, Kathleen Reynolds, sums up his
character with these revealing words: “It has,
indeed, been a great privilege to be married to
him for more than thirty stimulating and
refreshing years. His buoyancy, ever-ready wit
and humour, his kindly affections and considera-
tions in everyday living were never overlooked in
spite of running his own professional business
and taking on the aloes. His many sterling qual-
ities of mind live on with all who knew him”
(Reynolds, 1970).
Biographies and obituaries are provided by
Anon. (1967a, b), Cornet (2002), Dyer (1967),
Gunn & Codd (1981), Haselton (1966), Kimberley
(1971), Leach (1967), Parr (1974), Reynolds
(1970), Roan (1951) and Stafleu & Cowan (1983).
Th e R e y n o l d s er a o f
Alo e
huntin g i n So u th
Afric a ( 1930–1950)
Reynolds’ passion for aloes began in about 1930
when, as he wrote in an article entitled
Reminiscences of an Aloe enthusiast
(Reynolds,
1951a, 1952c, 1967) “Some twenty years ago my
first
Aloe
(which happened to be
A. peglerae
) was
collected near Pretoria. I brought it home, half
buried the plant in the ground, swamped it with
water – and it promptly died. I wanted to know
why. Later, I learnt that most aloes grow
on top
of the ground, not in it. It was only when aloes
were rested on top of the ground, on a well-
drained slope, that they grew and flowered”. His
interest in aloes was aroused and he never looked
back.
Reynolds, however, was not alone in having a
burning interest in aloes. Harold Basil Christian
(1871−1950) was a leading student of
Aloe
in
southern Africa in the first half of the twentieth
century. He was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape
Province, son of a prominent farmer and
merchant. The young Christian was educated at
Eton College where he distinguished himself as a
sportsman. He later saw action in the Boer War,
after which he was employed by mining compa-
nies in Kimberley and on the Witwatersrand. In
1911 he emigrated to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe),
where, on 18th May 1914 he purchased the farm
Mount Shannon, 40 km north-east of Salisbury
and immediately began development of a garden
that he later renamed Ewanrigg (Gunn & Codd,
1981). Initially he tried growing alpines, but
their requirements for cool conditions and plenty
of water made them unsuitable subjects for the
warm, dry Zimbabwean climate. He experi-
mented by transplanting a clump of
Aloe
cameronii
from a nearby hill and when it flow-
ered without being watered Christian’s interests
switched to gardening with these succulents and
hence the development of an extensive aloe
garden began (Kimberley, 1972). He started
enthusiastically collecting, growing, studying
and photographing South African aloes. By 1933
he was in competition with Reynolds whose
interest in
Aloe
in the then Transvaal province of
Figure 2. Cover of Reynolds’ first book, published in
1950.

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South Africa, was developing fast. In order to
resolve this conflict, Fred Long of Port Elizabeth,
editor of the journal
Park Administration
,
arranged a breakfast meeting of these two rivals.
At the end of the meal it was agreed that
Reynolds would focus on species south of the
Limpopo River, whilst Christian would confine
his attention to those to the north (Kimberley,
1971).
Reynolds realised the benefit of studying
aloes in the field as well as from herbarium spec-
imens, so he travelled over 170,000 km in
southern Africa in search of the plants in the
wild, collecting and photographing them. At the
end of a twenty year period he had accumulated
a large amount of data on the 133 species he
recognised for his book. This work culminated in
1950 with the publication of the monumental
The Aloes of South Africa
(Reynolds, 1950),
(Figure 2). This was reviewed, for example, by
Anon. (1951a, b), Brown (1951) and Shurly
(1951). Smith & van Wyk (1996) wrote that the
“book of Reynolds was a true milestone in the
history of the publication of botanical works on
the flora of the country. It was then, and still
remains, one of the most thoroughly researched
books on a genus of South African plants”.
Al o e
hun tin g i n tr o pi c al Af r i c a and
Mad aga sc ar (1950–1966)
In the same year, 1950, another significant event
in
Aloe
history occurred: his rival of tropical
African
Aloe
study, Basil Christian, died. The
task of monographing the whole genus was only
half finished and the urge to complete the task
became irresistible to Reynolds. So he began his
studies of the aloes of tropical Africa, Arabia and
Madagascar. Between 1951 and 1960 he trav-
elled around 70,000 km in search of the extra-
southern African species. One of his goals was to
revisit, wherever possible, the type localities of
aloes described by previous workers. He wrote up
his travels in a series of articles in the journal
African Wild Life
(Reynolds, 1951a, 1952a, 1953f,
1954k, 1955e, 1956h, 1958d, 1959e & 1960b),
covering his journeys in Angola, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Somalia and
Tanzania. Notice, though, in particular that he
never visited Arabia nor Socotra.
In 1952 Reynolds was hunting aloes in
Nyasaland (now Malawi) (Reynolds, 1953f). One
of his goals was that he “particularly wished to
travel southwards to the Zambezi, to investigate
Aloe cryptopoda
, discovered by Kirk in July 1859,
when with Livingstone on the Zambezi expedi-
tion, the locality recorded being ‘Banks of the
Zambezi, opposite Sena’. The map showed a dry-
weather track leading to the small village of
Dona Ana, opposite Sena, and I was keen to get
there”. He found his quarry near where “a mighty
bridge spans the Zambezi from Sena on the south
bank to Dona Ana on the north bank [where] a
few hundred yards away, on a rock rise, my eyes
sought out, and found, the reddish flowers of
what proved to be
A. cryptopoda
. I was at, or
exceedingly near, the very spot where John Kirk
had collected his specimens on July 21, 1859 –
just 93 years ago. Photographs were taken, a few
plants collected, and herbarium material
prepared for Pretoria and Kew. But the sun’s
slanting rays warned that day was ebbing, and
after a final fleeting glance at the bridge, such an
outstanding monument to British engineering
skill, I turned for home”. Only a day later he
visited the type locality of another
Aloe
at
“Namadidi, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Maw,
seven miles from Zomba, the seat of government,
where two more happy and most pleasant
evenings were spent. The entrance drive is
flanked by masses of aloes, then in full bloom and
almost dazzling to the eyes. A narrow road leads
up to the top of Zomba Mountain, and to the
Maw’s summer cottage which is charmingly situ-
ated right on the brink, among numbers of
Aloe
mawii
which I was glad to see at last in its
natural habitat and type locality. This species
produces one or two horizontal flower-spikes,
with the flowers arranged along the top of the
branch, after the manner of the Transvaal
Aloe
marlothii
”. Overall, on this “journey of 4,400
miles, no new species of aloe were found, but
several species were traced to new and unex-
pected haunts”. This field work formed the basis
of his later survey of the aloes of Nyasaland (now
Malawi), in which he recognised twelve species
and one variety, with an appendix including
three additional species which might occur in the
country (Reynolds, 1954j). Fifty years later, Lane
(2004) accepted 19 species for Malawi.
Pe ter Ba lly – c o llab o ra to r in tr o p i c al Afr ic a
Reynolds, though, did not work alone; he had a
number of collaborators, one of the most signifi-
cant of whom was Peter René Oscar Bally
(1895–1980) (Figure 3). Bally was born in
Schönenwerd, Switzerland, and grew up in
Mannheim, Germany. In 1914 he began studying
chemistry at the University of Zürich, but mili-
tary service in World War I interrupted his
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of new medicinal plants for the Hoffman-La
Roche Company. He was self taught in botany
and in 1938 was appointed as botanist at the
Coryndon Museum in Nairobi (Newton, 1999).
His interest in East African succulents was
aroused and he never looked back, such that he
became pre-eminent as a collector and writer on
this group of plants.
In 1952 Reynolds was on an expedition with
Bally in East Africa (Reynolds, 1952a): “Leaving
Moshi [Tanzania] one morning, I caught my first
glimpse of Kilimanjaro. The clouds had lifted a
little, just exposing the summit of Kibo, which
appeared to be floating above the clouds in
supreme celestial ecstasy – a thrilling experi-
ence. Eastwards from Moshi, on the south-
eastern foothills of Kilimanjaro, we went north-
wards up to Marangu (type locality of
Aloe
volkensii
) and on to Rombo (type locality of
A.
lateritia
). Further east, 7 miles north of Taveta,
on the Kenya border, we visited Lake Chala, the
type locality of
A. confusa
, and also of
Euphorbia
quinquecostata
. Lake Chala is a water-filled
volcanic blowhole, and one looks down upon it
from high up on the western rim, enthralled with
its grandeur. Further east, near Maktau (type
locality of
A. engleri
) numbers of an aloe species
were flowering which proved to be conspecific
with the earlier described
A. secundiflora.
Still
further east, near Mwatati [Kenya], a stately 20
foot. aloe was found in flower. This proved to be
an undescribed new species, and will be named
after Mr. Bally who first discovered it”. The tall
aloe was later named
A. ballyi
Reynolds
(Reynolds, 1953a).
In 1953 Reynolds and Bally were in Ethiopia
and Somalia because for Reynolds (1954k), “The
species of
Aloe
recorded for Southern Ethiopia
and Somalia had been imperfectly described,
while their habit of growth was unknown and
there were no illustrations. Until I could visit
their type localities and see for myself just
exactly what grew there I had little hope of ever
being able to identify those species”. There were
successes, but also some disappointment on this
trip: “Along the 80 miles northwards to Bulo
Burti I found
Aloe microdonta
, and
A. ruspoliana
in numbers, also in lesser quantities
A. pirottae
and
A. trichosantha
. We had hoped to continue
up to Hargeisa in Somaliland Protectorate, but
the nearness of the rains and the imminent
danger of being bogged down and stranded, and
perhaps cut off for weeks without supplies,
compelled us to heed the dictates of reason, and
to turn back for home”. The collaboration
between Reynolds and Bally came to fruition
with the publication of eight new species and a
new variety from Somalia (Reynolds & Bally,
1958):
A. breviscapa
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally,
A.
eminens
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally,
A. gloveri
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally
, A. graci licauli s
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally,
A. medishiana
Reynolds
& P.R.O. Bally,
A. retrospiciens
Reynolds & P.R.O.
Bally,
A. rigens
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally, var.
glabrescens
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally and
A.
scobinifolia
Reynolds & P.R.O. Bally. All bar
A.
gloveri
(=
A. hildebrandtii
Baker) are currently
accepted, including their new variety that has
since been elevated to specific status as
A.
glabrescens
(Reynolds & P.R.O.Bally) S. Carter &
Brandham. Two other Bally Somali species are
A.
peckii
P.R.O. Bally & I. Verdoorn and
A.
hemmingii
Reynolds and P.R.O. Bally.
Furth e r trave lling
Meanwhile in 1955 Reynolds made his single
field trip outside of Africa to study aloes on
Madagascar (Figure 4). In his travelogue he
wrote (Reynolds, 1955e) that “From
Ambatofinandrahana a road leads westwards
Figure 3. Peter Bally photographed at Ashington
Botanical Trust, Sussex, during the IOS Congress in
July, 1973. Photo: Colin C. Walker.

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over the top of the magnificent Itremo range, and
a new species of
Aloe
was found there [=
A.
itremensis
Reynolds, 1956a]. Growing on
quartzite, numbers of a most handsome
Aloe
,
A
.
capitata
var.
quartziticola
, decorated the coun-
tryside with golden balls of colour. We returned
to the main road, and then travelled through
Fianarantsoa to Ambalavao, which is about half
way down to the low country. A steep winding
track leads for 30 miles southwards to Mahasoa
village, on foothills of the majestic Andringitra
range. Aloes were recorded from along the top of
the mountains but I could not reach them, and I
longed for a helicopter….. Further south, near
Antanimora, a distinctive new
Aloe
was found [=
A. acutissima
var.
antanimorensis
Reynolds,
1956a], and for many miles to Ambovombe and
eastwards, large numbers of tall-stemmed flow-
ering aloes were in bloom. This was
A. vaombe
and its many-branched inflorescences of bright
red flowers. They provided the only colour seen
for many miles, and embellished an otherwise
drab countryside….. A most remarkable
Aloe
,
A.
suzannae
, was found near Amboasary, in the
intensely hot Mandrare River valley. This
outstanding species develops a stem ten to
twenty feet high and nine inches thick, and has a
single “bottle-brush” inflorescence no less than
ten feet long, and six or seven inches in diameter.
The only way the flowers could be reached was to
clear the bush, drive the Land Rover alongside
the
Aloe
, then stand on the roof”. During this one
expedition to the island, he discovered several
new species and later surveyed the Madagascan
species (Reynolds, 1958c), in which he accepted
40 species of
Aloe sens. str
., and 15 varieties,
excluding the lomatophyllums.
Sometimes field work was fraught with prob-
lems and dangers, as evidenced by Reynolds’
expedition to Angola in 1959 with Dr. N.R. Smuts
that had a rather dramatic beginning. Reynolds
(1960b) records that “Kudus are magnificent
animals – in their right places; but on top of my
car is not one of them. It is one thing to set off for
Angola filled with hope and ill-concealed excite-
ment at the prospect of hunting aloes in still
another land new to me, and something sicken-
ingly different to find myself heading for home
again the same evening – all because of a
misguided Kudu. It happened just after sunset in
the Mopane country twenty miles north of
Zoutpansberg, Northern Transvaal. A Kudu
approached slowly from the left of the road,
almost stopped, and then with agonizing sudden-
ness took a flying leap over the headlamps. The
windscreen was shattered, and after slithering
along the hood, the Kudu crashed into the front
of the caravan and smashed all the windows. And
so began the trip to Angola”. After this false start
the expeditions was able to record significant
successes: “Thirteen miles beyond, large
numbers of
A. bulbicaulis
were seen near Chief
Ikalenge’s village, and a further seven miles
brought us to Kalene Mission where masses of
the long sought for
A. milne-redheadii
, originally
collected near Kalene Hill, were found in full
flower…. A few miles east of General Machado a
new species of
Aloe
was found with rosettes like
Figure 4. Gilbert Westacott Reynolds inspecting
Aloe
macroclada
in the Iandratsay Valley, 30 km W. of
Antsirabe, Madagascar (from Reynolds, 1958c.). This
photo is not credited, but in his Madagascan travel-
ogue Reynolds (1955e) wrote: “Dr Paulian placed a
Land Rover with driver at my disposal, and spared no
pains to make the expedition a success. Mr. B.M.
Descoings, the Institute’s botanist accompanied me,
and together we were to travel over 4,000 miles
throughout the Island in seven weeks of hard going”.
It therefore seems most likely that the photographer
here was Bernard Descoings, a suggestion also
supported by John Lavranos (pers. com.). This same
photo appeared as plate 101 in Reynolds (1966),
again without credit, and a similar photo was
published earlier (Reynolds, 1955e: 208).

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the Transvaal
A. pretoriensis
and the Rhodesian
(Zimbabwean)
A. christianii
, but with an inflo-
rescence bearing oblique racemes of secund
flowers like the East African
A. secundiflora
.
A
zebrina
grew there too, while some lovely
Gladiolus
,
Vernonia
and
Moraea
lent colour to
the scene. On to Silva Porto and Chinguar we
went. On a rocky hill three miles south of
Chinguar, I found two more new aloes: one, a
stemless species, forming groups, is to be named
A. grata
, while the other tall-stemmed shrub will
be called
A. rupicola
”.
Othe r co llab o r ato rs in tro pic al Afr i c a
In addition to Bally, Reynolds had various collab-
orators in other countries. Mary Richards
(1885–1977) was an especially prolific botanical
collector in Zambia and Tanzania (Condry, 1998).
As Reynolds (1966) wrote, she “is one of the most
outstanding collectors there has ever been in
Tropical Africa”. In 1964 she was commemorated
in the naming of
A. richardsiae
Reynolds, a
bulbous grass aloe. This was discovered in
December 1961 during a difficult journey across
the Buhoro Flats of Tanzania. Mary wrote in her
diary: “We came to more open woodland with
spaces of grassland. Here grew thousands of a
lovely aloe in flower – rather sparsely flowered,
single heads and narrow, unmarked leaves”.
Five Zimbabwean aloes were named after
Reynolds’ contemporaries, all of whom made
significant contributions to Zimbabwean botany,
as described by Kimberley (1973). John Ball was
forester-in-charge at Charter Forester Estates,
Melsetter (
A. ballii
Reynolds, 1964d). Hazel
Munch accompanied her husband Raymond
Munch, after whom
A. munchii
was named by
Christian (
A. hazeliana
Reynolds, 1959c;
Kimberley, 2003 a, b). Roger Howman was Acting
Native Commissioner at Melsetter when he
discovered his eponymous
Aloe
in the
Chimanimani Mountains in 1941, but it was not
until 1961 that this was described as
A.
howmanii
Reynolds (=
A
.
hazeliana
var.
howmanii
(Reynolds) S. Carter). A similar story
of delayed publication applies to
A. plowesii
Reynolds, first discovered by ardent naturalist
and stapeliad specialist Darrel Charles Herbert
Plowes, who found his
Aloe
in the Chimanimanis
in 1950, but the name was not published until
1964 (Reynolds, 1964c). The exact same time
delay between discovery and publication befell
A.
wildii
(Reynolds) Reynolds, named in commemo-
ration of the Zimbabwean botanist Professor
Hiram Wild (Reynolds 1961f, 1964h).
Reyno l d s the p h o t o gr a p h e r, a u t h o r a n d
pub lisher
One of Reynolds’ goals with his work on aloes was
to prepare and publish the best possible illustra-
tions of the species he was describing. In the
preface to his first book he wrote (Reynolds,
1950): “ Realising that ‘the picture tells the story’,
and that one good illustration is worth more than
many pages of cold print, I decided to photograph
every
Aloe
possible throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and write up descriptions on
the spot. This extended over many years, and
involved travelling well over 100,000 miles, but it
has made possible the illustrating in black and
white of the 132 species, together with their
flowers, natural size, from bud to post-pollination
stage. When the suggestion of colour plates arose
later, it was necessary to begin at the beginning
once again, and endeavour to learn something
about the pitfalls of colour photography, and
methods of colour reproduction. Consequently,
more travels were undertaken, and a large
number of colour cut-films was exposed. On the
whole, results were very disappointing, since, no
matter where films were sent for processing, they
were rarely correctly processed, and frequently
the transparencies proved quite unsuitable for
accurate colour reproduction. At length, a special
“One Shot” 3-colour separation camera balanced
for daylight, was imported, and once again most
of the Union was toured at various times of the
year in quest of material for colour plates. With
this type of camera, the 3-colour separations
were taken with one shot in the field, and the
results, as reflected in the colour plates now
included in this book, appear to be reasonably
satisfactory”.
He was meticulous with his photographic
work and for a book published in 1950 the stan-
dard of colour printing was high. Figure 5 shows
two proof plates produced for the book: one was
published in the book, whilst the second is a
previously unpublished proof.
Before the book appeared in print, Reynolds
wrote to Gordon Rowley. In a previously unpub-
lished extract from a letter dated 5th September
1950 he said: “I might say that the book is being
produced to a standard of typographical excel-
lence, and with a quality of colour plates beyond
my wildest dreams of a few years ago. In a
country so vast as ours, it has been no small task
to illustrate every single species as it grows wild
wherever it grows, but I have done it. Only two or
three of the 77 colour plates are of plants in culti-
vation”.

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The book was publicised by a flyer (Figure 6)
and when it appeared in print in December 1950
“it was immediately hailed as one of the finest
monographs ever produced for a group of succu-
lent plants” (Newton, 1967).
The Aloes of South Africa
was published
under the direction of a Board of Trustees
consisting of Dr. N.R. Smuts, Prof. R.H.
Compton, Dr. G.W. Reynolds, Dr. R.A. Dyer and
Mrs. B.A. Key. The original stock virtually sold
out in 1963. Dyer (1969) tells us that there was a
keen demand for a reprint and that there was
discussion with the author during his lifetime
but that it was only in 1969 that a decision was
taken to authorise the reprint. The 1950 book
was in fact reprinted in three further editions,
including appendices with new species published
since the first edition (Reynolds, 1969, 1974,
1982). Note though that only the first edition of
1950 has the full set of 77 coloured plates; the
later editions have either 30 or 31 coloured
plates. This is because many of the plates were
damaged when the vaults under the offices of the
Division of Botany, below the Union Buildings in
Pretoria, were flooded, according to the late R. A.
Dyer (John Lavranos, pers. com.).
Figure 5. Plate proofs of
Aloe longibracteata
produced for
The Aloes of South Africa
. (a) An unused proof plate.
(b) The proof of plate 17 as it appears in the book.
5a 5b
Figure 6. Cover of the publicity flyer published in 1950.

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As mentioned earlier, with the publication of
The Aloes of South Africa
and the death of Basil
Christian, both in 1950, Reynolds went on to
work on the tropical African and Madagascan
aloes. In preparation for this, as with the South
African aloes, Reynolds published a series of
papers in the
Journal of South African Botany
,
clarifying older species and describing new ones.
He also published surveys of the aloes of
Nyasaland (now Malawi) (Reynolds, 1954j) and
Madagascar (1958c). The latter work was
published in French, which is, as far as I am
aware, his only publication on aloes not in
English. His work on the aloes of Tropical Africa,
Arabia and Madagascar came to fruition with the
publication of his second major book
, The Aloes of
Tropical Africa and Mad agascar
(Reynolds,
1966) (Figure 7). His job was done: in two superb
volumes the genus
Aloe
had been monographed.
This book covers 151 species of
Aloe
north of the
Limpopo in tropical Africa, Arabia and Socotra,
together with 46 species in Madagasacar. The
book was reviewed by Anon. (1966), Newton
(1967), Pitcher (1966) and Stafleu (1967).
In total, for the whole genus, Reynolds
described 83 new species, of which 77 are still
accepted (Newton, 2001); a remarkable achieve-
ment indeed, more than any other aloe collector
before or since. He also described 19 new vari-
eties. Disregarding the names of taxa whose
status he changed as new combinations (because
these epithets are
not
new), in total he was
responsible for 102 new names. Figueiredo &
Smith (2010) have identified 915 names of
Aloe
published as species, subspecies or varieties
since 1753, so Reynolds’ 102 names account for
c.11% of the total. Reynolds is, therefore, the
most prolific publisher of epithets in
Aloe.
The b i b lio g r a p h y
There is no known complete bibliography of
Reynolds’ publications on the genus
Aloe
, so this
is published here for the first time. It lists 122
publications in total. Of these, eight are books
(Reynolds 1939, 1950, 1954j, 1958c, 1966, 1969,
1974, 1982), including four editions of
The Aloes
of South Africa
and a contribution to an intro-
ductory book on succulents. Seventy three
papers, revising species or describing new taxa,
were published in the
Journal of South African
Botany
. Thirteen papers appeared in
Flowering
Plants of South Africa
/
Flowering Plants of Africa
,
again some of which described new species. One
of his few populist articles dealt with
Aloe
in
nature and in cultivation, and was serialised in
eight parts in the
South African Horticultural
Journal
(Reynolds, 1938–1940).
For only two of his publications did he collab-
orate with other authors: the above mentioned
general book on succulents (Reynolds, 1939) and
a joint paper with Bally on Somali aloes
(Reynolds & Bally, 1958). For all of his other
publications he was sole author, again another
remarkable achievement, especially when viewed
from a 21st century perspective on scientific
publishing in which multi-authorship is gene -
rally the norm.
His most readable and interesting publica-
tions are from the series of travelogues
mentioned earlier from which some extracts are
included, namely the series of nine articles
published in the journal
African Wild Life
(Reynolds, 1951a, 1952a, 1953f, 1954k, 1955e,
1956h, 1958d, 1959e & 1960b). These provide
fascinating insights into the excitement but also
the trials and tribulations of field exploration,
showing that hunting for aloes was often far from
easy.
A number of his publications have been
reprinted, notably his article entitled
Reminiscences of an
Aloe
enthusiast
(Reynolds,
1951a) that appeared three more times
Figure 7. Cover of Reynolds’ book published in 1966.

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(Reynolds, 1951b,
1952c, 1967). Ten of
his papers describing
new spe cies in the
Journal of S outh
African Botany
were
reprinted in the
journal
Aloe
(Rey -
nolds 1955b, 1957b,
1959a, 1961b, 1962b,
1964a, d, e, f, g). His
first book,
The Aloes
of South Africa
, was
also partially re -
printed in the same
journal (Reynolds,
1967–1971). This
incomplete reprint included 77 out of the total of
133 species in the original book, and also omitted
the historical and bibliographical introduction.
Publication of this reprint was presumably
terminated because of the appearance of the
second edition of the book (Reynolds, 1969).
In terms of publication output, his most
prolific year was 1954, with a book on the
Aloes
of Nyasaland,
eleven papers and an article. The
legacy that Reynolds has left behind in terms of
publication output, the sheer number of new taxa
and data on
Aloe
is quite remarkable and truly
unsurpassed.
As far as I can ascertain, the bibliography
published here is a complete record of all
Reynolds’ publications on
Aloe
. However, if any
reader is aware of anything missing, please do
notify me.
Co mmemoratio ns and aw ard s
Reynolds is commemorated in the names of a few
plants:
Aloe reynoldsii
Letty (Letty, 1934),
Dierama reynoldsii
Verdoorn (Iridaceae),
Kniphofia reynoldsii
Codd (Asphodelaceae) and
Streptocarpus reynoldsii
Verdoorn (Gesner -
iaceae). He received many honours. In July 1951,
the South African Association for the
Advancement of Science, awarded him its
Certificate of Merit, and in the same year he
became a Fellow of the Linnean Society. On 27th
June, 1952 the University of Cape Town
bestowed on him an Honorary D.Sc. for “an
outstanding contribution to botanical science by
his work on the genus
Aloe
” (Kimberley, 1971).
He had, it should be emphasized, no formal trai-
Figure 8. Cutting from
The
Star
, 29th September 1966
(Quain, 1966).
Figure 9. The G.W. Reynolds Gate at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden, created by Hans Brugger. The gate
consists of two identical central units that form a mirror image of each other. The plants depicted are, from the
hinged side of the panels,
Aloe ferox
, three plants of
Aloe tenuior
,
Aloe peglerae
(below
Aloe tenuior
),
Aloe
aculeata
, a stylised, cliff-dwelling grass aloe, reminiscent of those from Zimbabwe, and finally, another stylised
Aloe
species, in the top right-hand corner. The two main panels of the gate are flanked by two identical, narrower
gates that also swing open from large stone pillars that separate them from the main parts. The largest of the aloes
on these narrower gates depicts
Aloe barberae
, while the two smaller ones that appear to the left and right of the
large, central one are more reminiscent of
Aloe pillansii
. (Identities and text provided by Gideon Smith.) Photo:
Colin C. Walker.

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ning in botany whatsoever, so his achievements
are especially remarkable. The Botanical Society
of South Africa awarded him the Bolus Medal in
1966 (Gunn & Codd, 1981) (Figure 8).
Volume 34 of the prestigious journal the
Flowering Plants of Africa
is dedicated to him
(Anon., 1961): “This volume is dedicated to
Gilbert Westacott Reynolds, Honorary D.Sc.
(Cape Town), F.L.S., optician, who has made
many contributions to the pages of this and other
botanical journals, who has for the past twenty-
five years tracked down and studied with
sustained zest the aloes of the African continent,
who has published authoritative accounts of the
Aloes of Southern Africa and of Madagascar and
who is now completing a volume on the Aloes of
Tropical Africa”.
Perhaps the most interesting and unique
commemoration of his work is the G.W. Reynolds
Gate (Figure 9) at the Pretoria National
Botanical Garden, now part of the South African
National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The
gate was created by craftsman metalworker
Hans Brugger (1919–1982) and is reported to be
amongst the largest and most impressive
example of his work (Craib, 2005). It is one of two
gates at the garden featuring indigenous flora
and with its robust aloes, has a strongly sculp-
tural component featuring at least six different
species
.
The other gate, designed for the official
opening of the botanical garden in 1973, features
the intricate designs of several indigenous
grasses and other monocots such as
Strelitzia
(Craib, 2005).
Ac kno w l e d g ement s
Roy Mottram is thanked for data from his library
catalogue on the reprint editions of
The Aloes of
South Africa
(1969, 1974 & 1982) that I do not
possess and for access to his index to the
Flowering Plants of Africa.
I am indebted to
Gordon Rowley for comments on an early draft of
this paper and for permission to publish an
extract from a Reynolds’ letter. Especial thanks
go to Gideon Smith for commenting on the manu-
script, but particularly for providing identities
for the aloes in the G.W. Reynolds Gate and the
caption to Figure 9. My wife Marjorie also made
improvements to the text. Tina Wardhaugh assi-
sted with expert and careful digital production of
most of the figures. The South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is thanked for
permission to reproduce the portrait in Figure 1
from the
Flowering Plants of Africa
, 1961. John
Lavranos provided some useful comments.
The bi b lio gr a p h y : R eynold s’ p u b l icatio n s
on
Alo e
Reynolds, G.W. (1934). The quest of
Aloe
polyphylla
.
J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr.
20: 11−12, pls.
II & III. [Reprinted in
Cact. Succ. J . Gr. Brit.
9: 44−45, 1947.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1935).
Aloe marlothii
, some
forms and hybrids.
J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr.
21:
7−10, pls. II−IV.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936a). Notes on some new aloes
from the Transvaal, with descriptions of three
new species, and one new variety
. J. S. Afr.
Bot.
2: 25−34.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936b). Notes on two new aloes
and one new variety
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
2: 65−73.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936c).
Aloe tenuior
Haw. A revi-
sion of the species, with descriptions of two
new varieties
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
2: 105−112.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936d). A revision of
Aloe trans -
vaalensis
O. Kuntze, together with descrip-
tions of three new aloes from the Transvaal,
one from Natal, and a new
Leptaloe
from
Zululand
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
2: 113−126, pls.
XIII−XVIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936e). Notes on a new
Aloe
from
Rhodesia and a new
Aloe
from the Transvaal
.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
2: 171−175, pls. XX−XXI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936f).
Aloe recurvifolia. Flow.
Pl. S. Afr.
16: t.601.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936g).
Aloe mutans. Flow. Pl. S.
Afr.
16: t.602.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936h).
Aloe pongolensis. Flow.
Pl. S. Afr.
16: t.603.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936i).
Aloe integra. Flow. Pl. S.
Afr.
16: t.607.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936j).
Aloe striatula
var
. caesia.
Flow. Pl. S. Afr.
16: t.633.
Reynolds, G.W. (1936k).
Aloe dinteri. Flow. Pl. S.
Afr.
16: t.637.
Reynolds, G.W. (1937a). New aloes from Natal
and Zululand, with notes on
A. macracantha
Bak
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
3: 37−49, pls. I−V.
Reynolds, G.W. (1937b). Notes on
Aloe ferox
Mill.,
and
A. supralaevis
Haw., with a new name for
a Natal
Aloe. J. S. Afr. Bot.
3: 123−132, pls.
16−18.
Reynolds, G.W. (1937c). Two new aloes from
Zululand and two from the Transvaal
. J . S.
Afr. Bot.
3: 133−141, pls. 19−22.
Reynolds, G.W. (1937d). A new
Aloe
from South-
West Africa, together with new varieties from
the Transvaal and Orange Free State
. J. S.
Afr. Bot.
3: 143−150, pls. 23−25.
Reynolds, G.W. (1937e). A very distinctive new
Aloe
from Mocambique
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
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151−154, pl. 26.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938a). A new
Aloe
from Little
Namaqualand
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
4: 21−24, pls.
4−5.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938b). Notes on
Aloe claviflora
Burchell
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
4: 25−30, pls. 6−7.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938c). A new
Aloe
from Natal
. J.
S. Afr. Bot.
4: 101−103, pl. 36.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938d). A new
Aloe
from South-
West Africa
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
4: 105−107, pl. 37.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938e).
Aloe dewetii. Flow. Pl. S.
Afr.
18: t.692.
Reynolds, G.W. (1938−1940). The
Aloe
in nature
and cultivation.
S. Afr. Hort. J.
1(1): 3, 5−6
(1938); 1(2): 3−6, 27−29 (1939); 1(3): 3−7
(1939); 1(4): 7−8 (1939); 2(1): 8−10 (1939);
2(2): 4−6 (1940); 2(3): 4−5, 7 (1940).
Reynolds, G.W. (1939). Liliaceae:
Aloe
in Brown,
J.R., White, A., Sloane, B.L. & Reynolds, G.W.
Succulents for the amateur. Introducing the
beginner to more than eight hundred fascina-
ting succulent plants. Illustrating four
hundred
. Abbey Garden Press, Pasadena, pp.
144−153. [Edited and arranged by S.E.
Haselton.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1940a). Genus
Aloe
: a new
section and a new series
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
6:
111−116, pls. VIII−XI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1940b).
Aloe lettyae. Flow. Pl. S .
Afr.
20: t.764.
Reynolds, G.W. (1940c).
Aloe succotrina
Lam.
S.
Afr. Hort. J.
2(4): 13.
Reynolds, G.W. (1940d). Notes on South African
aloes.
S. Afr. Hort. J .
3(1): 17.
Reynolds, G.W. (1941). Notes on
Aloe linearifolia
Berger
. J. S. Afr. Bot.
7: 169−172, pl. XIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1942).
Aloe linearifolia. Flow. Pl.
S. Afr.
22: t.849.
Reynolds, G.W. (1946).
Aloe thompsoniae. Flow.
Pl. Afr.
25: t.980.
Reynolds, G.W. (1947a). The identity of
Aloe
gracilis
Haw
.
(
non
Bak.).
J. S. Afr. Bot.
13:
95−97, pl. XIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1947b). Genus
Leptaloe
Stapf.
Restoration to
Aloe
Linn.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
13:
99−105, pls. XIV−XVI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1947c). Some notes on identifica-
tion.
Nat. Cact. Succ. J.
2: 76−78.
Reynolds, G.W. (1947d). The quest of
Aloe
polyphylla
.
Cact. Succ. J . Gr. Brit.
9: 44−45.
[Reprinted from
J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr.
20: 11−12,
1934.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1948a).
Aloe succotrina
Lam. A
history of the plant and its name.
J. S. Afr.
Bot.
14: 1−8, pls. I−IV.
Reynolds, G.W. (1948b). The identity of
Aloe
kniphofioides
Bak.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
14: 9−12,
pls. V−VI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1950).
The Aloes of South Africa.
1st. ed. Aloes of South Africa Book Fund,
Johannesburg. Pp. [i]–xxiv, [1]–520, incl. text
Figs. 1–572 + col. pls. 1–77.
Reynolds, G.W. (1951a). Reminiscences of an
Aloe
enthusiast.
Afr. Wild Life
5: 19−29.
[Reprinted in
Cact. Succ. J .
(
U.S
.) 23:
173−176, 1951;
Nat. Cact. Succ. J .
7: 14−16,
34−36, 1952; 22: 41−44, 1967.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1951b). An
Aloe
enthusiast.
Cact.
Succ. J.
(
U.S
.) 23: 173−176. [Reprinted from
Afr. Wild Life
5: 19−29, 1951, but without the
photos.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1952a). Hunting aloes in East
Africa.
Afr. Wild Life
6: 308−322.
Reynolds, G.W. (1952b). A note on
Aloe garie-
pensis
Pillans.
Afr. Wild Life
6: 374.
Reynolds, G.W. (1952c). Reminiscences of an aloe
enthusiast.
Nat. Cact. Succ. J .
7: 14−16,
34−36. [Reprinted in
Nat. Cact. Succ. J.
22:
41−44, 1967.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1952d).
Aloe sladeniana. Flow.
Pl. Afr.
29: t.1122.
Reynolds, G.W. (1952e).
Aloe tororoana. Flow. Pl.
Afr.
29: t.1144.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953a). Four new aloes from
Kenya Colony.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
19: 1−11, pls.
I−VII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953b). The identity of
Aloe
secundiflora
Engler.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
19: 13−16,
pls. VIII−X.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953c). A new
Aloe
from
Somaliland Protectorate.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
19:
21−23, pl. XI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953d). The identity of
Aloe
johnstonii
Bak. – a new synonym.
J. S. Afr.
Bot.
19: 25−27, pls. XII−XIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953e). Notes on the aloes of the
Belgian Congo.
Zooleo. Bull. Soc. Bot. Zool.
Congolaises.
22: 135−137.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953f). Hunting aloes in
Nyasaland.
Afr. Wild Life
7: 102−111.
Reynolds, G.W. (1953g).
Aloe deserti. Flow. Pl.
Afr.
29: t.1151.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954a). Plant of the month –
Aloe variegata. Cact. Succ. J
. (
U.S
.) 2 6:
16−17.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954b). Two new aloes from
Southern Ethiopia.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
20: 25−30,
pls. III−IV.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954c). Notes on the aloes of
Somalia.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
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Reynolds, G.W. (1954d). The identity of
Aloe rivae
Bak.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
20: 39−41, pl. VI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954e). The identity of
Aloe
schweinfurthii
Bak.
J. S . Afr. Bot.
20:
165−168, pl. X.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954f). A new Aloe from
Tanganyika.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
20: 169−171, pl.
XII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954g). The identity, synonymy
and distribution of
Aloe dawei
Berger.
J. S.
Afr. Bot.
20: 173−177, pls. XIII-XVI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954h). Notes on
Aloe angiensis
De Wild., with a new variety from Kenya
Colony.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
20: 179−183, pls. XVII-
XVIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954i). The identity of
Aloe sereti
De Wild.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
20: 185−187, pls. XIX-
XX.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954j).
The Aloes of Nyasaland
.
The Nyasaland Society and African Book
Centre of Nyasaland. Pp. i–ii, [1]–54, card
wrappers, stitched.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954k). Hunting aloes in
Ethiopia and Somalia.
Afr. Wild Life
8:
14−25.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954l). The Murchison Falls
National Park.
Afr. Wild Life
8: 271−279.
Reynolds, G.W. (1954m). Notes on the aloes of
Southern Ethiopia and Somalia.
J. East Afr.
Nat. Hist. Soc.
22: 102−104, Figures 1−6.
Reynolds, G.W. (1955a). A new
Aloe
from the
Belgian Congo.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
21: 51−53, pl. II.
Reynolds, G.W. (1955b). A new
Aloe
from the
Sudan.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
21: 55−57, pls. III−IV.
[Reprinted in
Aloe
4(1): 15−16, 21, pls.
III−IV, 1966.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1955c). A new
Aloe
from
Ethiopia.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
21: 59−61, pl. V.
Reynolds, G.W. (1955d). The Queen Elizabeth
National Park.
Afr. Wild Life
9: 109−114.
Reynolds, G.W. (1955e). Hunting aloes in
Madagascar.
Afr. Wild Life
9: 298−319.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956a). Two new species and two
new varieties of
Aloe
from Madagascar.
J. S.
Afr. Bot.
22: 23−31, pls. IV−X.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956b). A new
Aloe
from the
Kenya Colony.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
22: 33−35, pls.
XI−XII.
Reynolds,G.W. (1956c). A new
Aloe
from the
Eastern Transvaal.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
22: 85−86,
pls. XVII−XVIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956d). The identity of
Aloe
parvula
Berger, with a new synonym, a new
name, and a new species from Madagascar.
J.
S. Afr. Bot.
22: 129−134, pls. XVII−XXII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956e). Three new species and
one new variety of
Aloe
from Karamjoa,
Uganda.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
22: 135−144, pls.
XXIII−XXVIII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956f). The identity of
Aloe abys-
sinica
Lamarck
, A. elegans
Todaro and
A.
camperi
Schweinfurth.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
22:
151−159, pls. XXIX−XXXV.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956g). Seeking aloes in
Madgascar.
J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr.
41/42: 20−23,
pl. 4.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956h). Hunting aloes in Eritrea
and Ethiopia.
Afr. Wild Life
10: 204−213.
Reynolds, G.W. (1956i).
Aloe parvula. Flow. Pl.
Afr.
31: t.1234.
Reynolds, G.W. (1957a). Six new species of
Aloe
from Ethiopia.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
23: 1−12, pls.
I−XI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1957b). A new species of
Aloe
from Mozambique.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
23: 15−17,
pls. XII−XIII. [Reprinted in
Aloe
2(3): 4−6,
pls. XII−XIII, 1964.]
Reynolds, G.W. (1957c). A new
Aloe
from the Red
Sea Hills, Sudan.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
23: 39−42,
pls. XIV−XVI.
Reynolds, G.W. (1957d). The identity of
Aloe
deltoideodonta
Baker.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
23:
65−73, pls. XVIII−XXVII.
Reynolds, G.W. (1958a). A new
Aloe
from
Madagascar.
J. S. Afr. Bot.
24: 103−105, pl. I.
Reynolds, G.W. (1958b). The identity of
Aloe
somaliensis
Watson (Somaliland
Protectorate), and of
A. tomentosa
Deflers
(Arabia).
J. S. Afr. Bot.
24: 163−168, pls.
XI−XV.
Reynolds, G.W. (1958c).
Les Aloes d e
Mad agascar.
Institut de Recherche
Scientifique de Madagascar,
Reynolds, G.W. (1958d). Hunting aloes in
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Reynolds, G.W. (1961e). A new
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Reynolds, G.W. (1964f). A new
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Reynolds, G.W. (1964g). A new
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Reynolds, G.W. (1965b). A new
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