Aloe barberae
Aloe barberae
Aloe barberae is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet honors barberae the English writer, painter and naturalist Mary Elizabeth Barber ( 1818-1899 ).
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- 3.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe barberae growing stem -forming and rich branches forked. The upright stems reach a height of up to 18 meters and have at their base diameter of 1 to 3 meters on. The 20 sword-shaped leaves form dense rosettes. Your dull green leaf blade is 60 to 90 inches long and 7-9 inches wide. The solid, horn-like, opaque white and brown tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2-3 millimeters long and are 10 to 25 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists usually of two branches and reaches a length of 40 to 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, slightly narrowed - pointed grapes are 20 to 30 inches long and 8 to 10 inches wide. The linealischen and pointed bracts have a length of 10 mm and 1 mm wide. The pink to rose- purple flowers appear at 10 mm long pedicles. The flowers are 30 to 37 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary, they have a diameter of about 9 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 21 to 37 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 15 to 20 millimeters from the flower.
Genetics
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Systematics and distribution
Aloe is barberae in Mozambique, the South African province of KwaZulu -Natal and in Swaziland common in dense bush and low forest.
The first description by William Turner Thiselton - Dyer was published in 1874.
Synonyms are Aloe bainesii var barberae (Dyer ) Baker ( 1896), Aloe bainesii Dyer ( 1874) and Aloidendron barberae (Dyer ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).