Aloe spicata

Aloe spicata
	Aloe spicata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe spicata
Scientific name
	Aloe spicata
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Section from the inflorescence

Aloe spicata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet spicata comes from Latin , means 'with an ear' and refers to the long and densely flowered, ear-like inflorescence of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe spicata grows trunk-forming, is simple or branching. The trunk reaches a length of up to 2 meters. The approximately 30 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The green to reddish leaf blade is about 50 to 60 inches long and 7 to 9 inches wide. The deep pink to reddish teeth on the reddish leaf margin are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters or more. The very dense, cylindrical grapes are about 30 to 40 centimeters long and 4 to 5 centimeters wide. The bracts are long, egg-shaped, and there is no flower stalk . The bell-shaped, greenish yellow flowers are 14 to 15 millimeters long. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style stick out 10 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe spicata is widespread in Mozambique , Zimbabwe , the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, and in Swaziland on granite rock deposits and cliffs up to an altitude of 1700 meters.

The first description by Carl von Linné the Younger was published in 1782.

A synonym is Aloe sessiliflora Pole-Evans (1917).

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. 653 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe spicata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 181 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 225.
↑ Carl von Linné: Supplementum plantarum Systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, Generum plantarum editionis sextae, et Specierum plantarum editionis secunda . Braunschweig 1782, p. 205 ( online ).

Web links

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Aloe spicata in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 225.

[2] Carl von Linné: Supplementum plantarum Systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, Generum plantarum editionis sextae, et Specierum plantarum editionis secunda . Braunschweig 1782, p. 205 ( online ).