Aloe petrophila

Aloe petrophila
	Aloe petrophila
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe petrophila
Scientific name
	Aloe petrophila
	Pillans

Aloe petrophila is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet petrophila is derived from the Greek words petra for 'rock' and -philos for 'friend' and refers to the rocky habitat of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe petrophila grows stemless or rarely with a very short stem, is simple or sprouts and then forms small groups. The shoots reach a length of up to 8 centimeters. The 10 to 20 elongated, lanceolate, pointed leaves form a dense rosette . The bright green, lined leaf blade is 20 to 25 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide. It is covered with scattered elongated H-shaped cloudy white spots. The sharp, dark brown teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has three to six branches and reaches a length of 50 to 75 centimeters. The dense, head-like grapes are 4 to 8 centimeters long and 5 to 6 centimeters wide. The lanceolate, pointed, white bracts have a length of about 7 millimeters. The coral pink flowers are up to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this, they are suddenly narrowed to 4 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe petrophila is widespread in the South African province of Limpopo at altitudes of around 1000 meters.

The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1933.

proof

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. 163 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe petrophila . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 169 .

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. 98.
^ South African Gardening . Volume 23, 1933, p. 213.

Web links

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[1] 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. 98.

[2] South African Gardening . Volume 23, 1933, p. 213.