Aloe vogtsii
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Aloe vogtsii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet vogtsii honors the South African Louis R. Vogts, who discovered the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe vogtsii grows trunk-forming, sprouts and forms small groups. The shoots reach a length of up to 20 centimeters. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The cress-green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 20 to 25 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide. It is covered with numerous small white H-shaped spots that are scattered or arranged in somewhat wavy, interrupted transverse bands. On the cloudy green underside of the leaf, there are a few light brown spines arranged in the center near the tip. The piercing, light brown teeth on the leaf margin are about 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has about seven branches and reaches a length of about 65 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rather dense, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are about 20 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters. The scarlet flowers , lighter at their mouths, are attached to stalks up to 18 millimeters long . They are 34 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe vogtsii is common in the South African province of Limpopo in tall grass or between bushes on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1400 to 1700 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1936.
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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. 164 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Vogtsii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 190 .
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 2, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1936, pp. 118-120.
Web links
- Photos of habit and flower