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Aloe brachystachys

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Aloe schliebenii Lavranos [family ALOACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Aloe brachystachys Baker [family ALOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aloe brachystachys
  • Aloe lastii
  • Aloe schliebenii

Flora

Entry for ALOE brachystachys Baker [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE brachystachys Baker [family ALOACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 7399.
Information
Caudex long, slender, simple. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, 18–21 in. long, 2 in. broad at the base, bright green, very smooth, unspotted; marginal teeth middle-sized, deltoid, spreading. Peduncle simple, flexuose, as long as the leaves. Raceme oblong-cylindrical, dense, 1/2 ft. long; pedicels ascending, the lower 1 in. long; bracts orbicular, 1/2 in. long, pale green, with 5–7 distinct brown stripes. Perianth pale red, tipped with green, 1 1/4 in. long; segments as long as the tube. Stamens shortly exserted.
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. cultivated specimens, Kirk!
Notes
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, January 1894.

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