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ALOE aristata Haw. [family ALOACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ALOE aristata Haw. [family ALOACEAE], in Phil. Mag. 1825, 280;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156.
ALOE longiaristata Roem. et Schultes [family ALOACEAE], Syst. Veg. vi. 684; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xv. fig. 7; Kunth, Enum. iv. 518.
Information
acaulescent; rosette 3–4 in. diam.; leaves 50–60, very dense, multifarious, all ascending, lanceolate, 3–4 in. long, 1/2 in. broad, 1/8 in. thick in the middle, green, narrowed gradually into a long pellucid awn; teeth deltoid, horny, white, 1/16 in. long on the margin and also on the keel of the upper half of the back; peduncle simple, 6–9 in. long; raceme simple, lax, 4–6 in. long; pedicels 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth straight, cylindrical, 1–1 1/4 in. long, bright red; segments keeled with green, longer than the cylindrical tube; stamens and style included. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; stony ridges of the Sneeuw Berg Range, 2900 ft., MacOwan, 1944!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 4186! Vars. β and γ, living plants introduced and cultivated by Cooper!
Notes
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ALOE aristata Haw. [family ALOACEAE], in Phil. Mag. 1825, 280;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156.
ALOE longiaristata Roem. et Schultes [family ALOACEAE], Syst. Veg. vi. 684; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xv. fig. 7; Kunth, Enum. iv. 518.
Information
acaulescent; rosette 3–4 in. diam.; leaves 50–60, very dense, multifarious, all ascending, lanceolate, 3–4 in. long, 1/2 in. broad, 1/8 in. thick in the middle, green, narrowed gradually into a long pellucid awn; teeth deltoid, horny, white, 1/16 in. long on the margin and also on the keel of the upper half of the back; peduncle simple, 6–9 in. long; raceme simple, lax, 4–6 in. long; pedicels 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth straight, cylindrical, 1–1 1/4 in. long, bright red; segments keeled with green, longer than the cylindrical tube; stamens and style included. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; stony ridges of the Sneeuw Berg Range, 2900 ft., MacOwan, 1944!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 4186! Vars. β and γ, living plants introduced and cultivated by Cooper!
Notes
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ALOE aristata Haw. [family ALOACEAE], in Phil. Mag. 1825, 280;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 156.
ALOE longiaristata Roem. et Schultes [family ALOACEAE], Syst. Veg. vi. 684; Salm-Dyck, Aloe, sect. xv. fig. 7; Kunth, Enum. iv. 518.
Information
acaulescent; rosette 3–4 in. diam.; leaves 50–60, very dense, multifarious, all ascending, lanceolate, 3–4 in. long, 1/2 in. broad, 1/8 in. thick in the middle, green, narrowed gradually into a long pellucid awn; teeth deltoid, horny, white, 1/16 in. long on the margin and also on the keel of the upper half of the back; peduncle simple, 6–9 in. long; raceme simple, lax, 4–6 in. long; pedicels 1–1 1/2 in. long; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth straight, cylindrical, 1–1 1/4 in. long, bright red; segments keeled with green, longer than the cylindrical tube; stamens and style included. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; stony ridges of the Sneeuw Berg Range, 2900 ft., MacOwan, 1944!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 4186! Vars. β and γ, living plants introduced and cultivated by Cooper!
Notes
Introduced into cultivation by Bowie in 1824.
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