Aloe palmiformis
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Aloe palmiformis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet palmiformis is derived from the Latin words palma for 'palm' and -formis for '-shaped' and refers to the growth habit of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe palmiformis grows in a stem-forming manner and is primarily branched from the base. The upright trunk reaches a length of up to 150 centimeters and is 4 centimeters thick. The approximately 14 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a loose rosette that persists 30 centimeters below the top of the trunk. The cloudy green, reddish leaf blade is up to 35 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. There are usually many small, light green spots on the underside of the leaf. The stinging, light brown teeth on the leaf margin are 4 to 5 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The lined leaf sheaths are 10 millimeters long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has up to four branches and reaches a length of 40 to 50 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 10 to 20 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The bracts have a length of 2 to 3 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The pink-scarlet flowers are on 13 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 20 millimeters long and very short at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5.5 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe palmiformis is common in the southwest of Angola on sandstone cliffs in woodlands at altitudes of 1250 to 1500 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1878.
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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. 632 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe palmiformis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 166 .