Aloe parvicapsula
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Aloe parvicapsula is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet parvicapsula is derived from the Latin words parvus for 'small' and capsula for 'capsule' and refers to the comparatively small fruits of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe parvicapsula grows without a trunk and individually. The rising, stiff, lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The greyish green leaf blade is 60 centimeters long and 13 centimeters wide. The whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and about 14 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence has two to three branches and reaches a length of up to 75 centimeters. The grapes are cylindrical. The lanceolate bracts have a length of 12 to 15 millimeters and are 5 to 6 millimeters wide. The reddish, densely white felty flowers are on 6 to 7 millimeter long peduncles . They are up to 35 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. They are then narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 17 to 20 millimeters. The stamens hardly protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe parvicapsula is common in Saudi Arabia in thickets at an altitude of about 1350 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Iris Sheila Collenette was published in 2000.
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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. 286 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe parvicapsula . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 166 .
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. 97.
- ^ John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 2 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, p. 84.