Aloe aculeata
Aloe aculeata
Aloe aculeata is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet aculeata comes from the Latin, means prickly ' and refers to the spiny leaf surface.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe aculeata usually grows individually, is stemless or forms a creeping stem up to 70 centimeters in length from. Your 30 - lanceolate narrowed, rounded - erect - incurved leaves form a tight rosette. The dull green to Glauce leaf blade is up to 60 centimeters long and 8-12 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is covered with scattered, reddish brown prickles. The pungent, reddish brown teeth on the leaf margin are 5-6 millimeters long and are 10 to 20 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a height of 1 meter. The peduncle is deep brown. The dense, cylindrical clusters are 40 to 60 inches long and 7 inches wide. The deltoid - pointed bracts are beaten back, have a length of 10 mm and 7 mm wide. The lemon yellow flowers have green orange veins on their corners and are available in 2 to 3 millimeters long pedicles. The flowers are 25 to 40 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Your outer tepals are fused together on a length of 14 millimeters. The brownish stamens have orange anthers and protrude 15 mm from the flower. The orange pen protrudes 18 mm.
Genetics
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Systematics and distribution
Aloe aculeata is common in Zimbabwe and in South Africa's Northern Cape Province on rocky or stony hillsides in hot semi-arid areas.
The first description by Illtyd Buller Pole -Evans was published in 1915.