Aloe inermis
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Aloe inermis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet inermis comes from Latin , means 'unreinforced' and refers to the leaf margin of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe inermis grows trunk-forming, sprouts and forms small to large groups. The prostrate or ascending to upright trunks reach a length of up to 50 centimeters. The approximately twelve to 16 lanceolate or sword-shaped, narrowed, spreading and bent leaves over time form rosettes . They are persistent on the top 20 centimeters of the trunks. The gray-green or cloudy, light olive-green leaf blade is 25 to 30 centimeters (rarely up to 45 centimeters) long and 5 to 7 centimeters wide. Occasionally there are a few or many scattered, small, cloudy white, lenticular spots on it towards the base. The leaf surface is rough. The whitish leaf margins are cartilaginous. Marginal teeth are not present.
Inflorescences and flowers
The crooked inflorescence consists of six to nine branches and reaches a length of about 70 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The rather dense, up to 15 centimeters long clusters of the more crooked branches consist of one-sided flowers. The egg-shaped-pointed, white bracts have a length of 4 millimeters and are 2 to 3 millimeters wide. The cloudy scarlet or yellow flowers are on 5 to 9 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 28 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 8 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 7 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe inermis is common in Yemen on rocky slopes at heights of around 760 meters.
The first description by Peter Forsskål was published in 1775.
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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. 599 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe inermis . 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. 117.
- ↑ Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica . 1775, p. 74 ( online ).