Aloe haemanthifolia

Aloe haemanthifolia
	Aloe haemanthifolia
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe haemanthifolia
Scientific name
	Aloe haemanthifolia
	Marloth & A. Berger

Aloe haemanthifolia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet haemanthifolia is derived from the genus Haemanthus and the Latin word -folius for 'leaves' and refers to the leaves of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe haemanthifolia grows without a trunk, usually sprouts and forms dense groups. The ten to 16 hand-shaped leaves are arranged in two rows. The tip of the leaf is blunt to rounded and finely notched. Their cloudy, glaucous green leaf blade is up to 18 inches long and 8 inches wide. The leaf surface is smooth, the leaf margin reddish. Marginal teeth are not present.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence is up to 45 centimeters long. The heady grapes are 4 to 5 inches long and consist of about 30 flowers . The lanceolate, pointed bracts have a length of up to 25 millimeters and are 6 to 7 millimeters wide. The scarlet, slightly club-shaped flowers are on 25 to 35 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 38 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , they are gradually widened towards their mouth. Their outer tepals are not fused together almost to their base. The stamens do not protrude and the stylus barely stands out from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe haemanthifolia is common in the South African province of Western Cape in humid climates in grass on rocky slopes at altitudes of about 1200 meters.

The first description by Rudolf Marloth and Alwin Berger was published in 1905.

proof

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. 407 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe haemanthifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 143 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 103.
↑ Alwin Berger: Liliaceae-Aloineae africanae . In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 38, Number 1, 1905, p. 85 ( online ).

Web links

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Aloe haemanthifolia on the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 103.

[2] Alwin Berger: Liliaceae-Aloineae africanae . In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 38, Number 1, 1905, p. 85 ( online ).