Aloe fimbrialis
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Aloe fimbrialis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet fimbrialis comes from Latin , means 'fringed' and refers to the fringed leaf margins.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe fimbrialis grows trunk-forming, branches dichotomously and sprouts from the base. The six to ten linear-lanceolate, spreading leaves are arranged in rosettes . Their widened bases form an onion up to 5 centimeters in diameter and 3.5 centimeters in height. The glossy, medium green leaf blade is up to 40 centimeters long and 2 to 3 centimeters wide. Their tips are curved to one side. The underside of the leaf is a little lighter green. On both sides of the leaf there are numerous tiny white spines, which are arranged in longitudinal rows above the larger vascular bundles. The soft, white teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and 0.5 to 1 millimeter apart. The leaf sap is bright yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 45 to 90 centimeters. The loose to fairly dense, cylindrical grapes are 20 to 30 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide. The linear-lanceolate, pointed bracts have a length of 16 to 25 millimeters and are 3 to 6 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The coral-pink flowers are on 8 to 10 millimeter long peduncles . Their tips are edged yellow. The flowers are 30 to 40 millimeters long and flat at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 13 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe fimbrialis is found in a small area in northwestern Zambia in Brachystegia forest on termite mounds at altitudes of 1077 to 1200 meters.
The first description by Susan Carter was published in 1996.
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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. 149 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe fimbrialis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 137 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 83.
- ^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 51, Number 4, 1996, pp. 779-781.
