Aloe immaculata
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Aloe immaculata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet immaculata is derived from the Latin words im- for 'not' and maculatus for 'stained' and refers to the spotless leaves.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe immaculata grows stemless or short stem-forming and is simple. The trunks reach a length of up to 10 centimeters. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is 35 to 40 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide. The top 6 to 10 centimeters will soon dry up. On the cloudy green to brownish green upper side of the leaf there are conspicuous longitudinal lines and occasionally a few scattered white spots. The underside is grayish green and sometimes indistinctly finely lined. The piercing, brownish to reddish brown teeth on the horny, brownish to reddish brown leaf edge are 4 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries purple.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has six to ten branches and reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The dense, almost head-shaped grapes are 10 to 20 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The lanceolate deltoid bracts have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters. The coral-red flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 to 33 millimeters long and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this, they are suddenly narrowed to 4 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe immaculata is widespread in the South African province of Limpopo , especially around Chuniespoort , on grasslands or in the shade of bushes at altitudes of around 900 to 1800 meters.
The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1934.
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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. 185 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe immaculata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 147 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 115.
- ^ South African Gardening . Volume 24, 1934, p. 25.