Aloe reynoldsii
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Aloe reynoldsii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet reynoldsii honors the Australian optometrist Gilbert Westacott Reynolds , who emigrated to South Africa and made important contributions to the knowledge of the genus Aloe .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe reynoldsii grows without a trunk or with a short trunk and forms groups with up to twelve rosettes . The trunk reaches a diameter of 5 centimeters. The 16 to 20 ovate-lanceolate, tapering leaves form dense rosettes . The glaucous green, lined leaf blade is up to 35 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. There are many scattered, elongated or H-shaped, cloudy white spots on it. There are fewer spots on the underside of the leaf. The soft to firm teeth on the 2 millimeter wide, pink, cartilaginous leaf margin are tiny and 1 to 4 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of about four branches and reaches a length of 40 to 60 centimeters. The loose, almost capped grapes are 5 to 6 centimeters long. The lanceolate-deltoid bracts have a length of 10 millimeters. The yellow flowers , tinged with orange at their mouth, stand on 20 to 25 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers 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 5 millimeters and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe reynoldsii is common in the South African province of Eastern Cape in the valleys of the Bashee River system on rocky surfaces and steep, grassy slopes at heights of 150 to 1000 meters.
The first description by Cythna Lindenberg Letty was published in 1934.
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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. 444 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe reynoldsii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 174 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 202.
- ^ Flowering Plants of South Africa . Volume 14, 1934, plate 558.
Web links
- Aloe reynoldsii in the Red List of South African Plants