Aloe scorpioides
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Aloe scorpioides is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet scorpioides comes from Latin , means 'winding' and refers to the shape of the flower stalk.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe scorpioides grows trunk-forming and branches from the base or above. The usually splaying trunks reach a length of up to 50 centimeters (rarely up to 100 centimeters). The egg-shaped narrowed leaves form a loose rosette . The yellowish green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is up to 30 centimeters long and 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters wide. Their underside is darker. Occasionally there are a few spots near the base. The piercing, yellowish or reddish-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The striped leaf sheaths are 1 to 2 inches long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence , which descends at the base and then rises again with a U-bend, is simple or has one or two branches. It reaches a length of about 15 centimeters. The rather dense, conical or cylindrical pointed grapes are 11 to 25 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, pointed or tapered, orange-brown bracts have a length of about 6.5 millimeters and are 3.5 millimeters wide. The scarlet, yellow-striped flowers have a green spot at their base and are on 6 to 10 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 21 to 28 millimeters long and very short at the base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 7 millimeters. Above this they are narrowed to about 5.5 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8.5 to 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe scorpioides is common in Angola on rocky slopes, often in the shade of woodland.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1974.
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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. 492 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe scorpioides . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 178 .
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. 100.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 40, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1974, pp. 106-111.
Web links
- Photos at davesgarden.com