Aloe namibensis
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Aloe namibensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet namibensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Namib desert.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe namibensis grows individually and without trunk. The lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The glauke leaf blade is up to 50 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is slightly rough. The light-colored teeth on the leaf margin are up to 2 millimeters long and 1 millimeter apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a length of up to 95 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are up to 45 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The ovoid-lanceolate bracts are up to 35 millimeters long and 14 millimeters wide. The coral pink flowers are tipped green. They stand on 3 to 5 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 23 to 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 millimeters. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand out 7 to 12 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Aloe namibensis is widespread in Namibia in the dry valley of the Khan-Rivier of Usakos west to 100 kilometers off the Atlantic coast at altitudes of 680 to 1200 meters.
The first description by Johan Wilhelm Heinrich Giess was published in 1970.
Aloe namibensis is in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. classified as not endangered in nature.
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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. 340 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe namibensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 163 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 163.
- ↑ W. Giess: A new aloe from the Namib . In: Communications from the Botanical State Collection, Munich . Volume 8, 1970, pp. 123-126 ( online ).
- ↑ Aloe namibensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Loots, S., 2004. Accessed October 17, 2012th
Web links
- Photos of Aloe namibensis
- Herbarium evidence