Aloe decurva

Aloe decurva
	Aloe decurva
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe decurva
Scientific name
	Aloe decurva
	Reynolds

Aloe decurva is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet decurva comes from Latin , means 'bent down' and refers to the orientation of the inflorescence.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe decurva grows without a stem or with a very short stem, is simple and only sometimes divided into two rosettes . The 20 to 24 sword-shaped long, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy green, reddish tinged leaf blade is up to 55 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. The pricking teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 8 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence , rarely a branch, reaches a length of up to 90 centimeters. The very dense, broadly cylindrical to slightly pointed grapes are 15 to 20 centimeters long and 10 to 12 centimeters wide. They stand on a downwardly curved shaft and point downwards. The ovoid, blunt bracts are 2 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. The bulbous, bright red or orange flowers are on 1 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 38 millimeters long and narrowly rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that, they are expanded to 11 millimeters in the middle and finally narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 33 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 10 to 12 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe decurva is widespread in Mozambique on the Zembe mountain in the mountain grassland on steep rocky slopes at heights of 915 to 1060 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1957.

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. 281 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe decurva . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 130 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 62.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 23. Number 1, Kirstenbosch 1957, pp. 15-17.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 62.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 23. Number 1, Kirstenbosch 1957, pp. 15-17.