Aloe gossweileri
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Aloe gossweileri is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet gossweileri honors the Swiss botanist and plant collector John Gossweiler (1873–1952).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe gossweileri grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and forms thickets of several meters in diameter. The ascending or spreading trunks are 100 to 150 centimeters long and 3 to 4 centimeters thick. The approximately 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form rosettes . They are persistent on the top 10 to 20 centimeters of the trunks. The green, occasionally spotted leaf blade is 30 inches long and 5 inches wide. The teeth on the edge of the leaf are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six to eight branches and reaches a length of 40 to 50 centimeters. The rather dense grapes are 10 to 15 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide. They consist of single-sided flowers. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 3 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are lighter at their mouth. They stand on 10 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above that, they are slightly narrowed and finally slightly expanded towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out from 1 to 3 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe gossweileri is common in Angola on rocky hills at altitudes of 850 to 1100 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1962.
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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. 631 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe gossweileri . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 141 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 96.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 28, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1962, pp. 205-207.