Aloe grata
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Aloe grata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet grata comes from Latin , means 'pleasing' and refers to the appearance of plants.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe grata grows without a trunk or with a short trunk, sprouts and forms dense groups. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is about 20 to 25 inches long and 7 to 8 inches wide. The upper side of the leaf is green and tinged a little reddish brown. On the light glauk- green underside there are many compact light green spots with a diameter of 1 millimeter in the lower quarter. The teeth on the leaf edge are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 5 to 8 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is pale yellow when dry.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to three branches and reaches a length of 70 to 90 centimeters. The heady or almost heady grapes are 8 to 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. The ovate-pointed bracts are 2 millimeters long and 1.5 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on 20 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 to 28 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above that they are narrowed to 5 millimeters, then widened and finally narrowed slightly towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out from 1 to 3 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe grata is common in Angola on rocks at altitudes of around 1800 meters. The species is only known from the area around the type location.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1960.
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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. 415 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe grata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 142 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 98.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 26, Number 2, Kirstenbosch 1960, pp. 87-89.