Aloe striata

Aloe striata
	Aloe striata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe striata
Scientific name
	Aloe striata
	Haw.

Section from the inflorescence

Aloe striata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet striata comes from Latin , means 'striped' and refers to the lines on the leaves.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe striata grows trunk-forming, is usually simple or occasionally forms up to five shoots. The prostrate trunks reach a length of up to 100 centimeters. They are covered with perennial dead leaves. The 12 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . Their glaucous green to reddish tinged, usually striped leaf blades are up to 50 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide. There are sometimes indistinct spots on the top of the leaf. The broad leaf margins are light pink to almost red. Edge teeth are not formed.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has six to twelve branches and reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The dense, heady to slightly conical grapes are about 6 inches long and 6 inches wide. The deltoid pointed bracts have a length of about 5 millimeters. The peach to coral red flowers are on 15 to 25 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this they are abruptly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 to 8 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 14}$

Systematics and distribution

Aloe striata is widespread in the South African provinces of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape in grass or bushland, often on stony slopes at altitudes of 250 to 1200 meters.

The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804.

The following taxa were included in the species as a synonym : Aloe paniculata Jacq. (1809), Aloe albocincta Haw. (1819), Aloe hanburyana Naudin (1875), Aloe rhodocincta hort. ex Baker (1880) and Aloe striata var. oligospila Baker (1894).

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. 356 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe striata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 182 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 244.
^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 18 ( online ).

Web links

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Aloe striata 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. 244.

[2] Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 18 ( online ).