Aloe tenuior
Aloe tenuior var tenuior
Aloe tenuior is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet tenuior comes from the Latin, means 'lean' and refers to the slender branches of the Art
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe tenuior grows forming stem and branches. Upright stems are up to 60 centimeters high and 1.5 centimeters thick. Are the tribes spread to decumbent, spreizklimmend or be supported by the surrounding vegetation, they reach a length of up to 300 centimeters. The linear - lanceolate leaves form a loose rosette at up to 20 centimeters below the root tip is sometimes persistent. The Glauk - green leaf blade is 10 to 18 inches long and 1 to 2.2 centimeters wide. The very narrow white edges are cartilaginous. The white teeth on the leaf margin are up to 0.5 mm long and are 1 to 2 millimeters apart. The indistinct green -lined sheaths are 5 to 25 millimeters long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has one or two branches on. It reaches a length of 35 to 40 centimeters (rarely to 50 cm). The fairly dense to dense, cylindrical, slightly tapering grapes are 10 to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. The linear - deltoids, pointed bracts have a length of about 5 mm. The yellow or red and yellow tipped flowers are 3 to 5 mm long pedicles. The flowers are 11 to 15 millimeters long and short narrowed at its base. Above the ovary, they are very slightly narrowed and eventually extended to the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of about 3 to 6 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 4-6 mm from the flower.
Genetics
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Systematics and distribution
Aloe tenuior is widespread in South Africa. Aloe tenuior var tenuior grows in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province in the bush and open landscapes and occasionally on steep slopes. Aloe tenuior var viridifolia is known only from the area of the type locality in the Addo Elephant National Park, where the variety grows at altitudes of 300 to 500 meters in the dry quartzitic fynbos.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1825. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Aloiampelos tenuior ( Haw. ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).
We distinguish the following varieties:
- Aloe tenuior var tenuior
- Aloe tenuior var viridifolia van Jaarsv.
Aloe tenuior var tenuior The following taxa were included as a synonym in the nature: Aloe tenuior var glaucescens Zahlbr. (1900), Aloe var tenuior decidua Reynolds ( 1936), Aloe var tenuior rubriflora Reynolds (1936) and Aloe tenuior densiflora var Reynolds ( 1950).
Aloe tenuior var viridifolia The differences with Aloe tenuior var tenuior are: The bright green glossy leaves of the variety are 5-9 inches long and 0.6 to 1 centimeters wide. The leaf margin is entire. The first description by Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld was published in 2007.