Aloe umfoloziensis

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

Aloe umfoloziensis is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet umfoloziensi refers to the occurrence of the species near the Umfolozi River in South Africa.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe umfoloziensis grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simple or usually sprouts and then forms groups. The trunk reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The approximately 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The green to brownish green leaf blade is 20 to 25 inches long and 8 to 9 inches wide. On it there are numerous cloudy white elongated spots that are scattered or arranged in interrupted transverse bands. The lighter green underside of the leaf is spotted or not and usually somewhat lined. The piercing teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has five to eight branches and reaches a length of 100 to 150 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The rather dense, heady grapes are 7 to 9 inches long and 7 inches wide. The deltoid pointed bracts have a length of 8 to 12 millimeters. The coral-red flowers are on 10 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 33 to 38 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 to 9 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 5 to 6 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 to 9 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe umfoloziensis is common in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal in grasslands with scattered trees at heights of 800 to 1000 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1937.

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. 167 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe umfoloziensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 187 .

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. 102.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 3, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1937, pp. 42–45, plate 2.

Web links

Commons : Aloe umfoloziensis - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] 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. 102.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 3, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1937, pp. 42–45, plate 2.