Aloe torrei
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Aloe torrei is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The epithet torrei honors the Portuguese biologist and pharmacist António Rocha da Torre (1904–1995).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe torrei grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and forms dense clumps. The upright shoots reach a length of up to 15 centimeters and are 1.5 centimeters thick. The ten or so linear, slack and thrown back leaves form a rosette . The green leaf blade is 40 to 45 inches long and 0.5 inches wide. It is covered with a few white spots near the base. They are more numerous and sometimes warty on the underside of the leaf. The teeth on the edge of the leaf are tiny and about 1 to 2 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of about 50 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 9 centimeters long and 4 to 5 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 15 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The slightly bulbous, scarlet- red flowers are gray-green at their mouth and stand on 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 30 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are expanded to 6 to 7 millimeters and finally narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe torrei is found in Mozambique in the grass on exposed granite blocks at heights of 1525 to 1600 meters.
The first description by Inez Clare Verdoorn and Hugh Basil Christian was published in 1946.
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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. 126 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe torrei . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 186 .