Aloe zebrina
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Aloe zebrina is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet zebrina comes from Latin and means 'striped'.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe zebrina grows without a stem or with a short stem, is solitary or usually sprouts and then forms small to large groups. The ten to 20 lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy green, striped leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 5 to 7 inches wide. There are elongated, whitish spots on the leaf surface. The spots are scattered or usually form irregular transverse bands. There are few or numerous spots on the underside of the leaf. The stinging, brownish teeth on the leaf margin are 4 to 6 millimeters long and 8 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is dry purple or orange in color.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of five to ten branches and reaches a length of 100 to 130 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The loose, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 20 to 40 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters wide. The deltoid, pointed bracts have a length of about 6 to 15 millimeters. The coral-red or cloudy reddish flowers are tipped green and stand on 6 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are about 30 millimeters long and rounded or truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 10 millimeters. Above it are abruptly narrowed to 4 to 6 millimeters and finally expanded to its mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 to 11 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe zebrina is distributed in Angola , Botswana , Mozambique , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Namibia Malawi and the South African provinces of Gauteng , Mpumalanga and Limpopo in grasslands and thickets on dry hills at heights of 200 to 2000 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1878.
The following taxa were included as synonymous in the species: Aloe platyphylla Baker (1878), Aloe transvaalensis Kuntze (1898), Aloe lugardiana Baker (1901), Aloe bamangwatensis Schönland (1904), Aloe ammophila Reynolds (1936), Aloe laxissima Reynolds (1937 ), Aloe angustifolia Groenew. (1938, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1), Aloe transvaalensis var. Stenacantha F.S.Mull. (1940) and Aloe vandermerwei Reynolds (1950).
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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. 166 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe zebrina . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 193 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 265.
- ^ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany . Volume 1, Number 5, 1878, p. 264 ( online ).
- ^ Gilbert Westacott Reynolds: The Aloes of South Africa . Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg 1950, pp. 268-270.
Web links
- Aloe zebrina in the Red List of South African Plants