Aloe wildii

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

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Aloe wildii is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet wildii honors the British botanist Hiram Wild (1917–1982).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe wildii grows without a stem, is solitary or branched from the base and then forms small groups. The approximately six linear leaves are arranged in two rows. The cloudy green, brownish tinged leaf blade is 15 to 30 centimeters long and 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide. On the leaf surface there are a few, scattered, small, white spots near the base. There are numerous, tiny, prickly spots on the underside of the leaf. The soft, white teeth on the leaf edge are about 0.5 millimeters long and 1 to 2 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of about 25 to 30 centimeters (rarely up to 50 centimeters). The loose, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 7 inches long and 5 inches wide. They consist of twelve to 16 flowers. The egg-shaped-pointed, cloudy pink bracts have a length of 5 millimeters and are 2 to 3 millimeters wide. The bright orange-red flowers are tipped green and stand on 10 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . The slightly bulbous flowers are 30 to 40 millimeters long and narrow at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are enlarged and slightly narrowed at their mouth. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe wildii is widespread in Zimbabwe in the open bush on mountain slopes up to heights of 1350 to 2135 meters.

The first description as Aloe torrei var. Wildii by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1961. Three years later he elevated the variety to the rank of a species in its own right.

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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. 125 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe wildii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 191-192 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 257.
↑ Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany . Volume 1, 1961, p. 158.
↑ Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany . Volume 4, 1964, p. 13.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 257.

[2] Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany . Volume 1, 1961, p. 158.

[3] Kirkia. The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany . Volume 4, 1964, p. 13.