Aloe hendrickxii
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Aloe hendrickxii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet hendrickxii honors the Belgian agronomist Fred L. Hendrickx.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe hendrickxii grows without a stem or with a short stem, is richly branched and forms dense groups. The approximately 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form rosettes . The leaf blade is 22 inches long and 4 inches wide. The upper side of the leaf is cloudy green to grayish, the underside of the leaf is gray-green. Occasionally there are a few indistinct, cloudy grayish green, elongated spots on the leaves. The fixed teeth on the edge of the leaf are 3 millimeters long and 5 to 8 millimeters apart. In the lower half they are greenish white. tipped over it brownish. The leaf sap is dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of four to five branches and reaches a length of 40 to 50 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical-conical grapes are 12 to 15 centimeters long. The deltoid bracts have a length of 14 millimeters and are 3 to 4 millimeters wide. The cloudy, scarlet flowers are on 13 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 4.5 millimeters. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 3 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe hendrickxii is widespread in Zaire on granite rock deposits at altitudes of around 2450 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1955.
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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. 436 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe hendrickxii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 144 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 106.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 21, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1955, pp. 51-53.