Aloe ramosissima
Aloe ramosissima
Aloe ramosissima is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet is derived from the ramosissima superlative of the Latin word for ramosus, branches ' from.
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- 3.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ramosissima grows forming stem and branches from the base and over -reaching. The branches are dichotomous. The upright or ascending stem is up to 3 meters long and 8 inches wide. Small shoots have diameters of up to 2 inches. They are covered with a waxy, gray powder. The ten to 14 lanceolate - linealischen leaves form dense rosettes. The Glauk - green leaf blade is 15 to 20 inches long and 2.2 inches wide. The very narrow, pale yellow leaf margin is somewhat cartilaginous. The light brownish teeth on the leaf margin are about 1 millimeter long and are 1 to 4 mm apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of one to two branches and reaches a length of 15 to 20 centimeters. The fairly dense, cylindrical clusters are 12 to 15 inches long. The deltoid pointed, white bracts have a length of 4 to 5 mm and 3 mm wide. The slightly bulbous, greenish yellow to deep yellow flowers are at 8 mm long pedicles. They are 35 mm long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary, the flowers are up to about the middle slightly widened and then narrowed to its muzzle. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 25 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 12 mm from the flower. They are yellowish to reddish orange.
Genetics
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Systematics, distribution and hazard
Aloe ramosissima is in the South African province of Northern Cape in the Richtersveld on hot, dry mountain slopes spread. The distribution area extends almost up to Namibia.
The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1937. Nomenclatural synonyms are Aloe dichotoma var ramosissima ( Pillans ) Glen & DSHardy (2000), Aloe dichotoma subsp. ramosissima ( Pillans ) Zonn. (2002) and Aloidendron ramosissimum ( Pillans ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).
Aloe ramosissima is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, endangered classified.