Aloe dewinteri
Aloe dewinteri is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet honors the botanist dewinteri Bernard de Winter (* 1924) from the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe dewinteri grows individually and is stemless or short -stemmed. The 14 to 22 lanceolate pointed leaves form rosettes. The gray- green, slightly mealy frosted leaf blade is up to 50 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The brown teeth on yellowish brown, horny leaf edge are 1 to 2 millimeters in length and is 10 to 20 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or composed of two to three branches and is up to 85 inches long. The dense, cylindrical, tapering grapes are 25 to 40 inches long and 5 inches wide. The bracts are oblong obovate obtuse to finely chiselled. The coral- pink flowers are yellowish when flowering to white. They are up to 4 mm long pedicles. The flowers are 30 to 33 millimeters long and narrowed at its base. Above the ovary they are constricted in the middle to a diameter of 8 mm and eventually expanded to its muzzle. Your outer tepals are fused together on a length of 20 to 25 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 4-6 mm from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Aloe dewinteri is widespread in Namibia on vertical rock surfaces.
The first description by Johan Wilhelm Heinrich casting was published in 1973.
Aloe is dewinteri in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as "Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, not compromised as in nature, classified.