Aloe ciliaris
Aloe ciliaris
Aloe ciliaris is a plant genus of aloe (Aloe ) in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet ciliaris comes from the Latin, means ciliated ' and refers to the ciliated leaf sheaths of Art your three varieties differ in their ploidy level.
- 3.1 Literature
- 3.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ciliaris growing stem -forming, branched and is spreizklimmend. The strain reaches a length of up to 5 meters or more and is 1 to 1.5 inches thick. The linear - lanceolate, long- pointed leaves are arranged scattered over a length of 30 to 60 centimeters along the stems. Your green leaf blade is 10 to 15 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The solid white teeth on the leaf margin are 1 mm long and are 3 mm apart. At the blade tip the edge teeth are shorter. The indistinct green lined leaf sheath is 5 to 15 millimeters long. There is a seam from 2 to 4 millimeters long eyelashes At its upper edge opposite the leaf blade.
Inflorescences and flowers
The usually simple inflorescence sometimes has a branch and is 20 to 30 inches long. The fairly dense, conical clusters are 8-15 inches long and 4-5 inches wide. They consist of 24 to 30 flowers. The ovate pointed bracts have a length of 4 to 5 millimeters. The scarlet flowers are yellowish green and at its mouth standing at about 5 millimeters long pedicles. The slightly club-shaped flowers are 28 to 35 millimeters long and very short narrowed at its base. Above the ovary, the flowers are gradually expanded. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 2-4 mm from the flower.
Genetics
The chromosome number is, that is, the variety is hexaploid.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ciliaris is common in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. Aloe ciliaris ciliaris var growing between shrubs and trees and is supported by them. Aloe ciliaris var redacta growing on sand dunes and Aloe ciliaris var tidmarshii on moderate slopes.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1825. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Aloiampelos ciliaris ( Haw. ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).
We distinguish the following varieties:
- Aloe ciliaris ciliaris var
- Aloe ciliaris var redacta S.Carter
- Aloe ciliaris var tidmarshii Schönland
Aloe ciliaris ciliaris var Synonyms are Aloe ciliaris var flanaganii Schönland (1903), Aloe ciliaris f flanaganii ( Schönland ) Resende (1943) and Aloe ciliaris f gigas Resende (1938).
Aloe ciliaris var redacta The variety differs from Aloe ciliaris ciliaris var by 1 to 2 millimeters long eyelashes on the leaf sheaths, the 4 to 5 mm long bracts, the 12 to 14 millimeters long flower stems and 21 to 25 millimeters long flowers. The variety is tetraploid ().
The first description of the variety by Susan Carter was released in 1990. A synonym is Aloiampelos ciliaris var redacta ( S.Carter ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).
Aloe ciliaris var tidmarshii The differences with Aloe ciliaris ciliaris var are: The leaves are 7-10 inches long and only 1.5 to 2 inches wide. The eyelashes on the leaf sheaths are shorter than 1 millimeter. The flower clusters are a little looser and the flowers 16 to 25 millimeters long. The variety is diploid ().
The first description of the variety by Selmar Schönland was published in 1903. Synonyms are Aloe ciliaris f tidmarshii ( Schönland ) Resende (1943 ), Aloe tidmarshii ( Schönland ) FSMüller ex RADyer (1943) and Aloiampelos ciliaris var tidmarshii ( Schönland ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).