Aloe viridiflora
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Aloe viridiflora is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet viridiflora is derived from the Latin words viridis for 'green' and -florus for '-blutig'.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe viridiflora grows individually and without trunk. The 50 to 60 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The glauke , clearly lined leaf blade is up to 40 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. The piercing, pinkish-brown teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 2 to 5 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six branches and reaches a length of about 150 centimeters. The dense, heady grapes are 10 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. They consist of around 50 to 60 flowers. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 15 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The club-shaped, green flowers are tinged with lemon yellow in the middle and stand on 20 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 33 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are enlarged to 9 to 10 millimeters towards their mouth. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens protrude 10 millimeters and the stylus 10 to 12 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Aloe viridiflora is widespread in Namibia on rocky slopes, most often at the foot of the Gamsberg , at altitudes around 1500 to 1800 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1937.
Aloe viridiflora is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. classified as not endangered in nature.
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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. 331 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe viridiflora . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 190 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 253.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 3, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1937, pp. 143–145, plate 23.
- ↑ Aloe viridiflora in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Loots, S., 2004. Accessed October 18, 2012th
Web links
- Photo of Aloe viridiflora
- Herbarium evidence