Aloe dominella
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Aloe dominandi ella is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The derivation of the epithet dominella is unclear.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe dominella grows trunk-forming, sprouts richly and forms clusters with up to 50 shoots. The shoots are up to 15 centimeters long and covered with the remains of dead leaves. The approximately 20 linear, lanceolate leaves are arranged in multiple rows on the shoots. The cloudy green leaf blade is about 35 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. There are many small white spots on the underside of the leaf near the base. The firm, white teeth on the leaf margin are 0.5 to 1 millimeter long and 2 to 5 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of about 35 centimeters. The heady grapes are about 4 inches long and 8 inches wide. They consist of about 20 flowers. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts have a length of up to 15 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The slightly club-shaped, yellow flowers are on stems up to 20 millimeters long . The flowers are 18 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style stick out briefly from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe dominella is widespread in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1938.
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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. 129 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Dominella . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 133 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 69.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 4, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1938, pp. 101-103.
Web links
- Aloe dominella in the Red List of South African Plants