Aloe patersonii
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Aloe patersonii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet patersonii honors a certain Andrew Paterson.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe patersonii grows without a trunk. The 17 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The light green leaf blade is 30 inches long and 5 inches wide. On it there are lighter spots that form irregular bands. The white or light brownish teeth on the leaf margin are about 1.5 millimeters long and 9 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has a branch and reaches a length of 60 centimeters. The cylindrical grapes are 25 centimeters long. The lanceolate, green bracts are 10 to 20 millimeters long. Some leaf axils have bulbils . The salmon-colored, greenish flowers at the base stand on 14 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 4 millimeters and finally expanded to 8 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 13 millimeters. The stamens hardly protrude from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe patersonii is common in Zaire on rocks at an altitude of about 1300 meters.
The first description by Brian Frederick Mathew was published in 1978.
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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. 172 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe patersonii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 167 .