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Aloe namibensis

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Name

Identification
Aloe namibensis Giess [family ASPHODELACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Aloe namibensis [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Aloe namibensis [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants stemless, erect, 0.6-1.0 m tall exclud­ing inflorescence, usually solitary. Leaves 20-32, arcuate-ascending, 375-500 x 60-70 mm, glaucous. Inflorescence 2-4-branched from about the middle, up to ± 950 mm tall; racemes dense, cylindric; bracts narrowly del­toid-acuminate, ± 35 x 5-14 mm, 7-many-nerved. Flowers brilliant red, 20-30 mm long, cylindric-ventricose; outer segments free to base, inner segments free but dorsally adnate to outer in lower half; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Anthers exserted 3-12 mm. Ovary ± 7.0 x 2.5 mm, olive-green; style exserted 7-10 mm. Fruit not seen. Flowering time November to March. Figure 12.
Use
72. Aloe namibensis Giess in Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 8: 123 (1970); Solch, Roessler & Merxm.: 18 (1970); Bornman & D.S.Hardy: 285 (1972); D.S.Hardy: 518 (1974); Jankowitz: 22 (1975); I.Verd.: t. 1730 (1977). Type: Namibia, Swakop­mund District, Giess 9212 (WIND, hole; M).
Range
Aloe namibensis occurs on the edge of the central Namib Desert, north of the main road between Windhoek and Swakopmund. It does not penetrate into such harsh areas as A. asperifolia (no. 67). The scanty rainfall mostly occurs in summer. Fog occurs at night at all times of the year. Map 50.

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