Aloe thraskii

Aloe thraskii

Aloe thraskii is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet honors thraskii a certain Mr. Thrask.

  • 3.1 Literature
  • 3.2 Notes and references

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe thraskii growing stem -forming and easy. The trunk usually reaches a length of up to 2 meters, in dense bush of up to 4 meters. The lanceolate narrowed leaves form dense rosettes. Dead leaves remain persistent on the trunk. The dull green to Glauce leaf blade is up to 160 centimeters long and 22 centimeters wide. On the bottom are occasionally in the upper half in the middle of some setae present. The reddish teeth on narrow reddish or brownish reddish leaf edge are about 2 millimeters long and are 10 to 20 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of four to eight branches and reaches a length of 50 to 80 centimeters. The very dense, cylindrical, slightly tapering grapes are up to 25 centimeters long and 10 to 12 inches wide. The ovoid - pointed bracts have a length of 9 mm and 6 mm wide. The lemon yellow to light orange, greenish flowers are tipped to 1 to 2 mm long pedicles. The flowers are about 25 mm long and truncated at its base. At the level of the ovary, the flower has a diameter of 6 mm. Furthermore, it has expanded and eventually narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are fused together on a length of 17 millimeters. The orange stamens and the orange pen stand out to 15 to 20 millimeters from the flower.

Genetics

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Systematics and distribution

Aloe is thraskii used in the South African provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu -Natal on almost pure sand in low-lying coastal vegetation or hochwüchsigem Busch kapp above the sea level.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1880. As a synonym ( ICBN article 53.1 in 1910, nom. Illeg. ) Was Aloe candelabrum Engl & Drude included in genus.

Evidence

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