Aloe linearifolia
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Aloe linearifolia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet linearifolia is derived from the Latin words linearis for 'linear' and -folius for '-blättrig' and refers to the long, narrow leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe linearifolia grows without a stem, is simple or branched from the base with one or two branches. The spindle-shaped roots have a diameter of 6 millimeters. The six to eight linear foliage leaves are arranged in two rows to rosettes on the shoots. The green leaf blade is about 25 inches long and 0.5 to 1 inch wide. There are many white and brown spots on the underside of the leaf near the base. The teeth on the leaf margin are tiny and only present near the base.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 35 centimeters. The rather dense, heady grapes are about 2 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, pointed, whitish bracts have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters and are 4 to 7 millimeters wide. The yellow, green-tipped flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 12 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are not narrowed. Your outer tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe linearifolia is widespread in the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape in grasslands at altitudes of 100 to 2000 meters.
The first description by Alwin Berger was published in 1922.
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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. 116 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe linearifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 153 .
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. 95.
- ↑ Alwin Berger: Several new Mesembrianthemum and an Aloe . In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 57, number 5, 1922, p. 640 ( online ).
Web links
- Aloe linearifolia in the Red List of South African Plants