Systematics Collections Data

CHR 513031 – Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 513031
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 July 1997
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1996-04-18 (Verbatim: 18-APR-1996)
Preferred name:
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Asphodelaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Prebbleton Plant Nursery, in polythene house
Verbatim locality:
Prebbleton Plant Nursery, in polythene house
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 111/96
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
18-APR-1996
Start date:
1996-04-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Succulent, clump-forming plant multiplying by densely arranged offsets. Leaves erect, with elongated white flecks, especially on lower surface; upper surface slightly concave; spines cream, longest (at base of inflorescence) to 30cm and c.5cm wide at base, the whole leaf narrow triangular. Rarely flowers in New Zealand. Infloresence 80-90cm high. Flowers becoming pendent at anthesis, initially buds suberect. Perianth 3-3.5cm long; outer whorl of segments pale orange, the whole perianth cylindrical, gently curving. Inner perianth segments pale yellowish; tips of all segments ± recurved, darker further down. Male and female yellow.
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice