Aloe corallina
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Aloe corallina is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet corallina comes from Latin , means 'coral red' and refers to the color of the flowers.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe corallina usually grows individually and is stem-forming. The trunk has a diameter of 0.5 centimeters. The long, lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The gray-green, lightly frosted leaf blade is about 50 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is indistinctly lined. The red-brown teeth on the leaf margin are tiny on young leaves. They are missing from mature leaves.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to three branches. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 17 to 28 centimeters long. The elongated, pointed bracts have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters. The coral-red flowers are on 10 to 17 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 28 to 35 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are widened to the middle and finally narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 20 millimeters. The stamens and the style stick out about 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Aloe corallina is common on cliff walls in Namibia .
The first description by Inez Clare Verdoorn was published in 1979.
Aloe corallina is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. classified as not endangered in nature.
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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. 513 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe corallina . 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. 54.
- ^ Flowering Plants of Africa . Volume 45, Numbers 3-4, 1979, plate 1788.
- ↑ Aloe corallina in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Loots, S., 2004. Accessed August 12, 2012th
Web links
- Herbarium evidence (English)