Aloe saundersiae
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Aloe saundersiae is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet saundersiae honors the British plant painter Katherine Saunders (née Wheelright) (1824–1901).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe saundersiae grows stemless, is simple, or forms small groups. The 10 to 16 linear leaves form a rosette . The green leaf blade is 4 to 8 inches long and 0.3 inches wide. On the underside of the leaf there are occasionally a few spots near the base. The soft, white teeth on the leaf edge are about 0.5 millimeters long and 1 millimeter apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 14 to 18 centimeters. The rather dense, heady grapes are 2 to 2.5 inches long and 3 to 3.5 inches wide. The egg-shaped, pointed, white bracts have a length of 7 millimeters and are 3 to 4 millimeters wide. The light cream- pink flowers are on 9 to 10 millimeter long peduncles . They are 10 to 12 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are not narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe saundersiae is widespread in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal in crevices or grass at altitudes of 1300 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description as Leptaloe saundersiae by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1936. In 1947 he placed the species in the genus Aloe . Aloe minima J.M.Wood (1906, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1) is a synonym .
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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. 109 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe saundersiae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 177 .
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, pp. 99-100.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 2, Kirstenbosch 1936, p. 124.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 12, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1947, p. 103.
Web links
- Aloe saundersiae in the Red List of South African Plants