Aloe aageodonta
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Aloe aageodonta is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet aageodonta is derived from the Greek words aages for 'hard' and odontus for 'tooth'.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe aageodonta grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base. The trunk is upright up to 1 meter, then over time it becomes prostrate and creeping. It then reaches a length of up to 2 meters and a diameter of 3 centimeters. The twelve to 20 triangular leaves form loose rosettes . The leaves are persistent to 20 to 30 centimeters below the tip of the shoot. The cloudy green leaf blade is 50 inches long and 8 inches wide. Leaves on young shoots are spotted. The leaf surface is smooth. The piercing, hooked, brown-pointed teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The yellow leaf sap is dry brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence consists of six to ten branches and reaches a length of 70 centimeters. The grapes consist of 20 to 40 single-sided flowers loosely at the base. Most of the flowers, however, are pushed closer to the tip. The bracts have a length of 4 to 6 millimeters. The yellow or red flowers are on 10 to 13 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are about 28 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 5 to 6 millimeters and finally expanded very slightly towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 to 7 millimeters. Their tips are spread out to 10 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 4 to 7 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe aageodonta is widespread in Kenya in the Eastern province on rocky hills at altitudes of 960 to 1250 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1993.
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literature
- Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 619 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe aageodonta . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 106-107 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 1.
- ↑ Leonard Eric Newton: A new Kenyan species of Aloe with two flower color variants . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 65, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1993, pp. 138-140.