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Aloe pendens is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet pendens comes from Latin , means 'hanging' and refers to the hanging growth of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe pendens grows trunk-forming and sprouts from the base. The prostrate to drooping trunks reach a length of up to 20 centimeters and are 1 to 1.5 centimeters thick. The sword-shaped narrowed, knocked back and bent back leaves are initially arranged almost in two rows on the shoots and later become spiral to rosette- shaped . The light green or bronze colored leaf blade is about 20 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide. The narrow leaf margins are horny and reddish. They are variegated on young shoots . The reddish teeth on the leaf edge are 1 millimeter long and 5 to 7 millimeters apart. The white-striped and spotted leaf sheaths are 1 to 2 inches long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The ascending, simple inflorescence reaches a length of about 15 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 15 to 30 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The usually yellow flowers , rarely they are orange-red, are on 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are about 18 millimeters long. Above the ovary , the flowers are not narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 14 millimeters. The stamens protrude 3 millimeters from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe pendens is widespread in Yemen on steep rocky surfaces at altitudes of 1500 to 2300 meters.
The first description by Peter Forsskål was published in 1775.
Synonyms are Aloe variegata Forssk. (1775, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1), Aloe arabica Lam. (1783) and Aloe dependens Steud. (1821).
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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. 482 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe pendens . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 168 .