Aloe carnea
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Aloe carnea is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet carnea comes from Latin , means 'fleshy' and refers to the color of the flowers.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe carnea grows without a stem or as a stem, individually or in small groups. The trunk reaches a length of about 20 centimeters and is covered with the remains of dead leaves. The ovate-lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette . The leaf blade is about 30 inches long and 6 to 10 inches wide. The 10 centimeters near the tip will soon dry up. The upper side of the leaf is glossy dark grayish green and covered with conspicuous, elongated, whitish spots that are often arranged in transverse bands towards the base. The light milky green underside has no spots and is more or less lined, especially near the edge. The horny, often reddish-brown leaf margin is smooth. The piercing, dark red-brown teeth on the leaf margin are about 6 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters (rarely up to 15 millimeters) apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six to twelve (rarely up to 15) points, of which the lowest are sometimes additionally branched, and reaches a length of 0.7 to 2 meters. The dense, head-shaped grapes , looser at their base, are 3 to 5 centimeters long and about 7 centimeters wide. The linear-lanceolate bracts have a length of 8 to 12 millimeters and are 2.5 millimeters wide. The cloudy, light coral-pink (flesh-colored) flowers are on 18 to 28 millimeter long peduncles . Their tip edges are whitish at the base. The flowers are 25 to 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 6 to 7 millimeters. Above it, they are suddenly narrowed and then widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
In Zimbabwe, Aloe carnea is mostly found on rocky ground, in grass and open Brachystegia forest at altitudes of 900 to 1375 meters.
The first description by Susan Carter was published in 1996.
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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. 174 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Carnea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 122 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 41.
- ^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 51, Number 4, 1996, pp. 784-785.
