Aloe erinacea
Aloe erinacea
Aloe erinacea is a species of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet erinacea comes from the Latin, means hedgehog ' and refers to the spiny appearance of the leaf rosettes.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe erinacea growing stem -forming, simple or usually in groups. The stem is erect and short or prostrate with time and then reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. He is busy with persistent dead leaves. The deltoid - lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes. The dull deep green to brownish green leaf blade is 8 to 16 inches long and 2-4 inches wide. The lower leaf surface is keeled. The keel is busy with a few blackish - brown spines. The pungent, blackish - brown teeth on the leaf margin are 5-9 millimeters long and are 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is lemon yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, narrowed grapes are up to 26 centimeters long. The bracts have a length of up to 30 millimeters and 4.5 millimeters wide. The red flowers are yellowish and are available in 19 mm long pedicles. The flowers are about 28 mm long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary, they are easily expanded and eventually slightly narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are almost fused together. The stamens protrude about 4 millimeters, the pen up to 7 mm from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Aloe erinacea is widespread in Namibia on rocky hills.
The first description by David Spencer Hardy was released in 1971. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Aloe melanacantha var erinacea ( DSHardy ) GDRowley (1980 ) Aloe erinacea is closely related to Aloe melanacantha.
Aloe erinacea is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as ' Endangered ( EN )', ie endangered classified.