Aloe tauri
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Aloe tauri is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet tauri comes from Latin , means 'bull' and refers to EJ Bullock from Bulawayo who discovered the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe tauri grows stemless or short stem-forming, is simple or branching and then forms large groups. The prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters and is covered with the remains of dead leaves. The spread out, lanceolate-pointed, runny leaves form a dense rosette . The leaf blade, which is dark green or copper-red, is 30 to 60 centimeters long and 6 to 8 centimeters wide. The brownish tipped teeth on the cartilaginous, reddish leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence is simple or rarely has a branch. It reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The very dense, cylindrical grapes are about 15 to 30 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. The ovate long, pointed bracts are about 12 millimeters long and 7 millimeters wide. The bell-shaped, light yellow flowers are on a 1 millimeter long peduncle . They are up to 18 millimeters long and have a diameter of about 10 millimeters at their mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style stick out 10 millimeters from the flower.
Detail of inflorescence Aloe tauri
Detail of inflorescence Aloe tauri
Systematics and distribution
Aloe tauri is widespread in the south of Zimbabwe between tufts of grass on steep cliffs at heights of 1065 to 1220 meters.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1968. Aloe tauri is closely related to Aloe spicata and was considered a synonym of this species by Hugh Francis Glen and David Spencer Hardy in 2000 .
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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. 429 .
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. 101.
- ^ LC Leach: A new Aloe from Rhodesia . In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 34, Kirstenbosch 1968, pp. 363-370.
Web links
- Photos of Aloe tauri