Aloe ericetorum
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Aloe ericetorum is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ericetorum comes from Latin , means 'heather' and refers to the preferred habitat of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ericetorum grows easily and without trunk. The 15 to 20 lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The glauke leaf blade is 18 to 19 inches long and 3.5 to 4.5 inches wide. The light yellow teeth on the narrow, cartilaginous leaf margin are 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters long and 0.7 to 1 millimeter apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of one or two branches and reaches a length of 50 to 70 centimeters. The loosely cylindrical to densely headed grapes are up to 15 centimeters long. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 8 to 9 millimeters long. The yellow flowers are on 15 to 30 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 35 to 37 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are very slightly narrowed and finally slightly expanded towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 18 to 24 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ericetorum is widespread in central Madagascar in sandy heaths and moors.
The first description by Jean Marie Bosser was published in 1968.
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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. 235 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ericetorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 135 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 77.
- ↑ Adansonia . 2nd episode, volume 8, number 4, 1968, pp. 508-511.