Aloe khamiesensis
Aloe khamiesensis is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet refers to the occurrence khamiesensis on the Kamiesberg in South Africa, where the species was first collected.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe khamiesensis growing stem -forming, single or branched from about the middle. The up to 1.5 meters long stems have diameters of 10 to 15 centimeters. They are covered with the remains of the persevering dry leaf bases. The lanceolate narrowed leaves form dense rosettes. Your dull green, indistinct lined leaf blade is about 40 inches long and 8 inches wide. At the leaf surface are a few scattered, elliptical, white spots, which are more numerous on the undersides of leaves. The pungent, reddish teeth on the leaf margin are 2-4 millimeters long and are 5 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of four to eight branches and is up to 90 inches long. The dense, long - conical grapes are 25 to 30 inches long and 9 inches wide. The ovoid - pointed bracts have a length of 18 mm and 8 mm wide. The orange-red, greenish flowers are tipped to 25 millimeters long pedicles. The flowers are 30 to 35 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary, they are very slightly narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style protrude 2-4 mm from the flower.
Genetics
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Systematics, distribution and hazard
Aloe is khamiesensis in South Africa's Northern Cape Province on rocky slopes in the mountains at altitudes from 700 to 1500 meters, mostly on granitic rocks, distributed in southern Namaqualand.
The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1934.
About the threat of Aloe khamiesensis are on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN insufficient data.