Aloe bowiea

Aloe bowiea
	Aloe bowiea
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe bowiea
Scientific name
	Aloe bowiea
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Aloe bowiea is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet bowiea honors the British plant collector James Bowie (1789–1869).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe bowiea grows without a trunk and forms dense groups when it sprouts . The 18 to 25 linear, lightly glaucoma to green leaves sit together in rosettes or are arranged in several rows. The leaf blade is 10 to 15 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. There are white spots on the leaf surface, which are more numerous on the underside of the leaf. The leaf margins are covered with very small, soft, white teeth.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple racemose inflorescence reaches a height of about 45 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical flower clusters are about 15 centimeters long. The flower stalks have a length of 1 to 2 millimeters. The greenish white, club-shaped flowers are 8 to 15 millimeters long, narrowed briefly at the base and expanded above the ovary . The outer tepals are not fused together to their base. The stamens and the stylus protrude 6 to 8 millimeters from the flower envelope.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe bowiea is common in thickets in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The first description was made in 1829 by Joseph August Schultes and his son Julius Hermann Schultes . Synonyms are Bowiea africana Haw. (1824) and Chamaealoe africana A.Berger (1905).

proof

literature

Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 106 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bowiea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 116 .
Gideon F. Smith, AE van Wyk: Biographical Notes on James Bowie and the Discovery of Aloe Bowiea Schult. & JH Schult. (Alooideae: Asphodelaceae) . In: Taxon . Volume 38, Number 4, 1989, pp. 557-568 ( JSTOR 1222630 ).

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 88.
↑ Caroli a Linné… Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis . Volume 7, Part 1, 1829, p. 704 ( online ).

Web links

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Aloe bowiea in the Red List of South African Plants
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[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 88.

[2] Caroli a Linné… Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis . Volume 7, Part 1, 1829, p. 704 ( online ).