Tiger aloe
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The tiger aloe ( Aloe variegata ) is a species of aloes ( Aloe ) in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet variegata comes from Latin , means ' variegated ' and refers to the spotted leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe variegata grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms groups. The up to 20 lanceolate-deltoid leaves with a V-shaped cross-section are arranged in three lines on the shoot. Their green leaf blades are 10 to 15 inches long and 4 to 6 inches wide. On the surface of the leaf there are elongated whitish spots that form irregular transverse bands. The leaf margin and the keel are white and notched.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has one or two branches and is about 30 centimeters long. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 20 centimeters long and consist of about 20 to 30 flowers. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of up to 15 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The flesh pink to cloudy scarlet, rarely cloudy yellow flowers are on 4 to 5 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 35 to 40 millimeters long and truncated at the base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 to 7 millimeters. The stamens do not protrude and the stylus protrudes 1 to 2 millimeters out from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe variegata is widespread in Namibia and the South African provinces of the North Cape , Eastern Cape and Free State in the Karoo and the so-called Bushmanland .
The first description by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum was published in 1753. Synonyms are Aloe punctata Haw. (1804), Aloe variegata var. Haworthii A.Berger (1908) and Aloe ausana Dinter (1931).
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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. 406 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe variegata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 189 .
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. 93.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum . 1st edition, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 321 ( online) .
Web links
- Aloe variegata in the Red List of South African Plants