Aloe krapohliana
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Aloe krapohliana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet krapohliana honors the South African surveyor HJC Krapoh, who was the first to collect the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe krapohliana grows without a stem or with a short stem, is usually simple or forms small groups with two to three rosettes . The shoots reach a length of up to 20 centimeters. The 20 to 30 lanceolate, pointed leaves form a leaf rosette . The glauke leaf blade is up to 20 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The teeth on the edge of the leaf are tiny and 3 to 5 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has one or two branches. It reaches a length of up to 40 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 14 inches long and 6 inches wide. The lanceolate, narrowed bracts have a length of up to 20 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are greenish at their mouth and are up to 20 millimeters long peduncles . The flowers are 35 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 7 millimeters. They are very easily expanded beyond this. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe krapohliana is common in South Africa. Aloe krapohliana var. Krapohliana grows in Namaqualand on dry, sandy, rocky slopes from sea level to heights of 1500 meters. Aloe krapohliana var. Dumoulinii is distributed on the coastal plains south of the Orange River on exposed quartzite deposits from sea level up to heights of 150 meters.
The first description by Rudolf Marloth was published in 1908.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Aloe krapohliana var. Krapohliana
- Aloe krapohliana var. Dumoulinii Lavranos
Aloe krapohliana var. Dumoulinii
The differences to Aloe krapohliana var. Krapohliana are: The variety divides, sprouts and forms groups with up to 15 rosettes. Their deltoid and strongly inwardly curved leaves are shorter. The inflorescence is 15 centimeters long. The bulbous, 25 to 27 millimeter long flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles. At the level of the ovary, they have a diameter of 6 to 7 millimeters. Above this, they are expanded to 8 to 9 millimeters and finally narrowed to 4 millimeters at the mouth.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1973.
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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. 237-238 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe krapohliana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 150 .
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.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 1, 1908, p. 408.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 39, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1973, pp. 41-43.
Web links
- Aloe krapohliana in the Red List of South African Plants