Aloe pictifolia
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Aloe pictifolia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet pictifolia is derived from the Latin words pictus for 'colorful' and -folius for 'leafy' and refers to small spots on the leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe pictifolia grows trunk-forming and is branched from the base. The shoots reach a length of up to 12 centimeters and are covered with dead leaves. The lanceolate, pointed leaves form a rosette . The glauke leaf blade is 12 to 15 inches long and 1 to 2.5 inches wide. It is covered with numerous white spots. On the underside of the leaf there are spines along a keel towards the tip. The stinging, red-brown teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 4 to 5 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 20 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are 14 to 17 inches long and 3.5 to 4 inches wide. The ovate-pointed bracts are about 10 millimeters long and 3.5 to 4 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are greenish at their mouth and stand on 11 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . They are 15 to 16 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 3 to 4 millimeters in diameter. They are slightly narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens protrude 1 to 2 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 2 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe pictifolia is widespread in the South African province of Eastern Cape west of Patensie on the Kouga Dam .
The first description by David Spencer Hardy was published in 1976.
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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. 544 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe pictifolia . 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.
- ↑ Bothalia . Volume 12, Number 1, 1976, pp. 62-64. ( PDF )
Web links
- Aloe pictifolia in the Red List of South African Plants