Aloe juddii

Aloe juddii
	Aloe juddii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe juddii
Scientific name
	Aloe juddii
	van Jaarsv.

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Distribution area

Aloe juddii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet juddii honors the aloe artist and book author Eric Judd.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe juddii grows trunk-forming, is solitary or branched after fires from the base. The upright or prostrate trunks reach a length of up to 60 centimeters and are 1 centimeter thick. The upright-spreading leaves are triangular-ovate to triangular-lanceolate. The bright dark green, reddish tipped and weakly striped leaf blade is 5.5 to 7.5 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The firm, white teeth on the leaf margin are up to 1 millimeter long and 1 to 1.5 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is clear.

Inflorescences and flowers

The upright, simple inflorescence reaches a length of 35 to 48 centimeters. The almost loose, cylindrical grapes are 5.5 to 8 inches long. The ovate-pointed bracts have a length of 7 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The cylindrical-triangular, orange-red flowers have yellowish-green tips and are on 10 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 40 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Their outer tepals are not fused together over half their length. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe juddii is widespread in the South African province of Western Cape on rock deposits at altitudes of 300 to 500 meters.

The first description by Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld was published in 2008.

A synonym is Aloiampelos juddii (Van Jaarsv.) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. (2013).

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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. 531 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 94.
^ Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld: Aloe juddii, a new species from the Western Cape, and A. gracilis var. Decumbens raised to species level In: Aloe . Volume 45, Number 1, 2008, pp. 4-10.
↑ Olwen Megan Grace, Ronell R. Klopper, Gideon F. Smith, Neil R. Crouch, Estrela Figueiredo, Nina Ronsted, Abraham E. van Wyk: A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) . In: Phytotaxa . Volume 76, number 1, 2013, pp. 7-14 ( doi: 10.11646 / phytotaxa.76.1.1 ).

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[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 94.

[2] Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld: Aloe juddii, a new species from the Western Cape, and A. gracilis var. Decumbens raised to species level In: Aloe . Volume 45, Number 1, 2008, pp. 4-10.

[3] Olwen Megan Grace, Ronell R. Klopper, Gideon F. Smith, Neil R. Crouch, Estrela Figueiredo, Nina Ronsted, Abraham E. van Wyk: A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) . In: Phytotaxa . Volume 76, number 1, 2013, pp. 7-14 ( doi: 10.11646 / phytotaxa.76.1.1 ).