Aloe modesta
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Aloe modesta is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet modesta comes from Latin , means 'modest' and refers to the small size of the plants.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe modesta grows stemless and simply with a subterranean egg-shaped, onion-like swell 2.5 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. The roots are fleshy. The four to six linear-pointed leaves form a rosette . The cloudy, deep green leaf blade is 15 to 20 inches long and 8 to 9 inches wide. The underside of the leaf is covered with numerous cloudy green, lens-shaped spots. Teeth on the leaf margin are not formed.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 25 to 30 centimeters. The dense, almost capped, slightly conical grapes are 3.5 to 4 inches long and 3 to 3.5 inches wide. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 6 millimeters wide. The yellowish green flowers are on 1 millimeter long peduncles . They are 13 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 4 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe modesta is common in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal in grasslands on stony at altitudes of 1500 to 1800 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1956.
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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. 108 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe modesta . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 161 .
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. 96.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 22, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1956, pp. 85-86.
Web links
- Aloe modesta in the Red List of South African Plants