Aloe broomii
Aloe broomii var tarkaensis
Aloe broomii is a plant of the species-rich genus of aloe (Aloe ) in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet honors broomii the Scottish physician and Paläoanthropologogen Robert Broom, who discovered the species.
- 4.1 Literature
- 4.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe broomii grows individually with a short, or up to 1 meter long trunk. The leaves are in dense rosettes. The green, ovate - lanceolate leaves are 30 cm long, at the base to 10 cm wide and taper off with a stinging Enddorn. The leaf margins are armed with 1 to 2 mm long, reddish-brown teeth that are spaced from each other at 1 to 1.5 inches.
Inflorescences and flowers
The flowering time is ( in the southern hemisphere ) around September. The simple, rarely branched inflorescences are 1 to 1.5 meters high and carry cylindrical part racemose inflorescences. The racemose inflorescence is about 100 inches long and 6-8 inches in diameter and densely covered with single flowers. The lanceolate - pointed bracts are 30 mm long and 15 mm wide, very fleshy and white to pale lemon yellow in color with a brownish tip. The bright lemon-yellow flower is 25 mm long and has a rounded base. It is extended beyond the ovary and narrows its estuary. It is completely hidden by the bracts. The outer tepals are free to the base. The stamens and the style protrude 12 to 15 millimeters from the flower.
Occurrence
The home of Aloe broomii var broomii is Lesotho and South African provinces Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State. It grows at altitudes from 1000 to 2000 meters on rocky ground between grass and bushes.
System
The first description by the German botanist Selmar Schönland was published in 1907 in Records of the Albany Museum.
There is a variety:
- Aloe broomii var tarkaensis; Described in 1936 by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds, the occurrence only extends to the south-eastern Cape Province, the flowering period is at its February-March, the variety is somewhat more vigorous, the leaves are at the base about 2 to 3 times as wide as in the type, the bracts are dry and much shorter and do not cover the 30 mm long flowers.