Aloe rhodesiana

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

inflorescence

Aloe rhodesiana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet rhodesiana refers to the occurrence of the species in the former southern Rhodesia .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe rhodesiana grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simply or two to three times branched from the base. The shoots reach a length of up to 10 centimeters and are 3 to 4 centimeters thick. The eight to twelve triangular leaves form a dense rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is 25 to 30 inches long and 4 to 5 inches wide. On the underside of the leaf there are occasionally a few elliptical whitish spots near the base. The solid, white teeth on the narrow, white, cartilaginous leaf margin are about 0.5 to 1 millimeter long and 1 to 4 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 40 to 45 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are 12 to 15 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. The ovate-pointed, finely pointed bracts are 10 millimeters long and 11 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The salmon pink flowers are on stems up to 30 millimeters long . They are 35 millimeters long and have an inverted conical shape at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe rhodesiana is found on the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe mostly on rocky or stony ground at altitudes of 1200 to 2100 meters.

The first description by Alfred Barton Rendle was published in 1911. A synonym is Aloe eylesii Christian (1936).

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. 139 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe rhodesiana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 174-175 .

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. 99.
^ Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 40, 1911, p. 215 ( online ).

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. 99.

[2] Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 40, 1911, p. 215 ( online ).