Aloe falcata
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Aloe falcata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet falcata comes from Latin and means 'sickle-shaped'.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe falcata grows stemless or short stem-forming and usually forms groups. The approximately 20 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes that are almost on their sides . The gray-green to blue leaf blade is about 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. There is usually a thorn at its tip . The leaf surface is smooth. It is slightly keeled on the underside near the tip. There are about six spines on the keel. The reddish brown, horny teeth on the leaf margin are 5 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of up to ten branches and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The mostly cylindrical, pointed grapes are up to 30 centimeters (rarely up to 40 centimeters) long and 7 centimeters wide. The deltoid pointed bracts have a length of 20 millimeters. The cloudy reddish to light scarlet and only rarely yellow flowers are on approximately 20 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 40 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. They are hardly narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens protrude 8 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 10 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe falcata is widespread in the South African provinces of the North Cape and Western Cape on dry plains at altitudes of 600 to 915 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1880.
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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. 438 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe falcata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 136 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 81.
- ↑ JG Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1880, pp. 181-182 ( online ).
Web links
- Aloe falcata in the Red List of South African Plants