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Kumara (plant)
''Kumara'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family (biology), subfamily Asphodeloideae, native to the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Separation from ''Aloe'' Phylogenetic studies indicated that two species that were traditionally classed as members of the genus ''Aloe'' were genetically distinct and comprised an entirely separate clade. The species were accordingly split off as a separate genus, given the name that it had previously held, ''Kumara''. Both species bear characteristically strap-shaped leaves in a two-ranked (orthodistichous) arrangement. Intergeneric hybrids have nonetheless been recorded, between ''Kumara'' and at least one other alooid genus, ''Gonialoe''. The resulting hybrid, initially published as an infrageneric hybrid between two species of ''Aloe'', is now designated an intergeneric hybrid of the new nothogenus . Species Two species are accepted, : Both species have a unique distichous ("fan") arrangement to their grey, str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumara Plicatilis
''Kumara plicatilis'', formerly ''Aloe plicatilis'', the fan-aloe, is a succulent plant endemic to a few mountains in the Fynbos ecoregion, of the Western Cape in South Africa. The plant has an unusual and striking fan-like arrangement of its leaves. It may grow as a large multistemmed shrub or as a small tree. It is one of the two species in the genus '' Kumara''. Name ''Kumara plicatilis'' derives its common name fan-aloe from its former placement in the genus ''Aloe'' and the unusual distichous arrangement of its linear leaves. Its Latin scientific name ''plicatilis'' also means "folded" or "pleated", or possibly "foldable";Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent; Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. London, 4th ed 1928 it is in any case a misnomer because the leaves are nothing like plicate and do not fold. In the local Afrikaans language, ''Kumara plicatilis'' is commonly known as the ''waaier aalwyn'' (= 'fan aloe'). It is also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
