Aloe peglerae
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Aloe peglerae is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet peglerae honors the South African teacher and naturalist Alice Marguerite Pegler (1861–1921).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe peglerae grows without a stem or with a very short stem, is solitary or occasionally forms small groups. The trunk is prostrate. The approximately 30 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade , which becomes reddish towards the tip, is about 25 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The leaves are curved inwards towards the tip. At the tip of the blade there is a piercing end pin. There are usually a few reddish to brown spines along the center line, the base of which is whitish-warty. On the underside, the spines are sometimes in two rows. The white, reddish to brown pointed, piercing teeth on the leaf margin are up to 6 millimeters long and 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 40 centimeters. The very dense, cylindrical and slightly tapering grapes are up to 25 centimeters long and 7 to 8 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts have a length of 16 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The mostly greenish cream colored, reddish tinged, bulbous flowers stand on 2 to 4 millimeter long pedicels . They are 26 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are expanded to the middle and then narrowed towards their mouth. Your tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand 15 to 20 millimeters out of flowering. The deep purple stamens have orange anthers .
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Aloe peglerae is widespread in the South African provinces of Northwest and Gauteng on stony, north-facing slopes at altitudes of 1400 to 1700 meters.
The first description by Selmar Schönland was published in 1904.
Aloe peglerae is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered.
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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. 246 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe peglerae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 167-168 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 181.
- ^ Records of the Albany Museum . Volume 1, 1904, p. 120.
- ↑ Aloe peglerae in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Pfab, MF (Gauteng Nature Conservation) & Victor, J. (National Botanical Institute), 2003. Accessed October 17, 2012th
Web links
- Aloe peglerae in the Red List of South African Plants
- Photos of Aloe peglerae
- Aloe peglerae . In: S. Dressler, M. Schmidt, G. Zizka (Eds.): African plants - A Photo Guide. Senckenberg, Frankfurt / Main 2014.