Aloe longibracteata

Aloe longibracteata
	Aloe longibracteata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe longibracteata
Scientific name
	Aloe longibracteata
	Pole Evans

Aloe longibracteata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet longibracteata is derived from the Latin words longus for 'long' and bracteatus for' bracteat ' and refers to the long bracts of the flowers of this species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

leaves

Aloe longibracteata grows without a trunk, is single and rarely ramified. The broad, thick and fleshy, triangular-lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette and have twisted tips. Your leaf blade is 20 to 25 inches long and 9 to 10 inches wide. On the dark green upper side of the leaf there are elongated, whitish spots that form transverse bands. The pale green underside is spotless. The stinging, red-brown teeth on the cartilaginous, brown leaf margin are 5 to 7 millimeters long and 9 to 12 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has one or two upright branches and is 80 to 100 centimeters long. The fairly dense, cylindrical-pointed grapes are 20 to 40 centimeters long. The linear-lanceolate bracts have a length of 45 to 50 millimeters. The cloudy red to light red flowers have a yellowish mouth and are on 20 to 25 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 40 to 45 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 9 to 10 millimeters. Above this, the flowers are suddenly narrowed to 5 to 6 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe longibracteata is widespread in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo in the highveld grasslands at altitudes of 1,300 to 1,500 meters.

The first description by Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans was published in 1915. Aloe longibracteata is closely related to Aloe greatheadii var. Davyana and was considered a synonym for this variety by Hugh Francis Glen and David Spencer Hardy in 2000 .

proof

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. 165 .

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.
^ IB Pole Evans: Descriptions of Some New Aloes from the Transvaal . In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 4, number 1, 1915, p. 25 ( DOI: 10.1080 / 00359191509519712I ).

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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. 95.

[2] IB Pole Evans: Descriptions of Some New Aloes from the Transvaal . In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 4, number 1, 1915, p. 25 ( DOI: 10.1080 / 00359191509519712I ).