Aloe soutpansbergensis
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Aloe soutpansbergensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet soutpansbergensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Soutpansberg in South Africa.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe soutpansbergensis grows in a stem-forming manner, is simple or sprouts and then forms small groups. The roots are fleshy. The shoots reach a length of up to 5 centimeters and are 0.8 centimeters thick. The approximately seven linear leaves are initially arranged in two lines on the shoots and later form a rosette . The green leaf blade is about 25 inches long and 1 inch wide. There are a few indistinct white spots on it. The underside of the leaf is more spotted, especially near the base. The translucent teeth on the narrow, translucent, cartilaginous leaf margin are 0.5 millimeters long and are about 3 to 4 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 10 to 25 centimeters. The loose grapes are almost heady. The lanceolate, pointed bracts have a length of about 17 millimeters and are 10 millimeters wide. The apricot-colored flowers stand on flower stems about 25 millimeters long . They are about 27 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. They are slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe soutpansbergensis is widespread in the South African province of Limpopo between moss and shady rocks on steep slopes at altitudes of around 1500 meters.
The first description by Inez Clare Verdoorn was published in 1962.
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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. 121 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe soutpansbergensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 181 .
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.
- ^ Flowering Plants of Africa . Volume 35, 1962, plate 1391.
Web links
- Aloe soutpansbergensis in the Red List of South African Plants