Aloe rosea
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Aloe rosea is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet rosea comes from Latin , means 'rose-like' and refers to the color of the flowers.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe rosea grows stemless and sprouts. The 12 to 15 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a loose rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is 30 to 45 inches long and 2.5 to 4 inches wide. The brown teeth on the leaf margin are 5 millimeters long and 6 to 18 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has one to three branches. It reaches a length of 25 to 30 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 12 inches long. The pointed bracts have a length of up to 5 to 6 millimeters. The flowers, which are white at their base , are reddish-pink above and stand on 5 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are 22 to 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 4.5 to 5 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
fruit
The fruits are yellow berries .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe rosea is common in Madagascar in the deep shade of the deciduous forest on limestone at heights of 400 to 800 meters.
The first description as Lomatophyllum roseum by Henri Perrier de La Bâthie was published in 1926. Leonard Eric Newton and Gordon Douglas Rowley put the species in 1996 in the genus Aloe .
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. 267 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe rosea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 175-176 .
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.
- ^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 9.
- ^ Gordon D. Rowley: The berries Aloes: Aloe section Lomatophyllum . In: Excelsa . Number 17, 1996, p. 61.