Aloe plicatilis
Aloe plicatilis
Aloe plicatilis is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet plicatilis comes from the Latin, means foldable ' and refers to the fan-like arrangement of the leaves.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe plicatilis grows forming stem and branches dichotomously from far down the trunk. The upright stems reach a length of up to 5 meters. The approximately twelve to 16 linealischen to ribbon-shaped leaves are arranged in two rows on the branches. Your dull green to Glauk - green leaf blade is 30 inches long and 4 inches wide. The leaf surface is smooth. In the upper third of the leaf blade tiny teeth are present or they are missing there sometimes almost.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical and slightly tapering grapes are 15 to 25 inches long. They consist of 25 to 30 flowers. The ovate - deltoids bracts have a length of 6 to 8 millimeters. The cylindrical, scarlet flowers are at 10 millimeters long pedicles. The flowers are up to 55 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary, the flowers are not narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 18 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 2-5 mm from the flower.
Genetics
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Systematics and distribution
Aloe plicatilis is common at altitudes from 1000 to 1400 meters in the Western Cape province of South Africa on steep, south-west facing slopes and rocky areas with high rainfall in winter.
The first description as Aloe plicatilis var disticha by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum was published in 1753. Philip Miller raised the variety in 1768 to the rank of a kind
Synonyms are Rhipidodendrum plicatile L. ( Haw. ) ( 1821), Aloe linguaeformis Lf ( 1782 ), Aloe tripetala Medik. (1783 ), Aloe lingua Thunb. ( 1785 ), Kumara disticha Medik. (1786 ), Rhipidodendrum distichum ( Medik. ) Willd. (1811 ), Aloe flabelliformis Salisb. (1796 ) and Aloe plicatilis var major Salm Dyck (1817 ).
Based on recent phylogenetic studies suggested Olwen Megan Grace and staff in early 2013 before the genus Kumara Medik. (1786 ) recognize again with the only kind Kumara disticha.