Aloe conifera
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Aloe conifera is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet conifera is derived from the Latin words conus for 'cones' and -fer for '-bearing' and refers to thecone-like appearance of the young inflorescence.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe conifera grows individually, has no trunk or forms short shoots up to 10 centimeters in length. Its 20 to 24 lanceolate long, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The bluish green, red tinged leaf blade is 16 inches long and 4 to 4.5 inches wide. There are a few short teeth on the rounded tip. The stinging, reddish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 5 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The usually simple inflorescence reaches a length of 50 centimeters. One or two branches are rarely formed. The very dense, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 15 centimeters (rarely up to 20 centimeters) long and 3.5 centimeters wide. Young grapes are initially conical with tightly brick-shaped bracts and resemble a narrow pine cone. The obovate, finely pointed bracts have a length of 12 millimeters. There are no flower stalks . The lemon-yellow flowers are yellow in the lower half near their mouth. They are somewhat bell-shaped, 14 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary they have a diameter of 4 millimeters. Above that the flowers are expanded. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus protrude 3 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and risk
Aloe conifera is found in Madagascar in humus pockets on eroded granite at altitudes of 1300 to 1500 meters.
The first description by Henri Perrier de La Bâthie was published in 1926.
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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. 230 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe conifera . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 128 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 52.
- ^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 47.
