Aloe macra

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

Aloe macra is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet macra comes from Latin , means 'slim' and refers to the slender trunks of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe macra grows in a stem-forming manner. The trunk is up to 30 centimeters long. The ten to twelve, sword-shaped, narrowed leaves form loose rosettes . The green leaf blade is 30 to 35 inches long and 3 inches wide. The red teeth on the red leaf margin are small.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or consists of a branch and reaches a length of 30 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 15 centimeters long. The lanceolate bracts have a length of about 3 millimeters. The reddish orange flowers turn yellow at the tip and have flower stalks about 10 millimeters long . They are 13 to 14 millimeters long. The stamens do not protrude from the flower.

fruit

The fruits are berries .

Systematics and distribution

Aloe macra is common in Réunion on dry hills.

The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1819. Nomenclatory synonyms are Phylloma macrum (Haw.) Sweet (1827) and Lomatophyllum macrum (Haw.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & School f. (1829).

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. 566 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe lutescens . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 155 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 143.
^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 105 ( online ).

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 143.

[2] Adrian Hardy Haworth: Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 105 ( online ).