Aloe ahmarensis
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Aloe ahmarensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ahmarensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Al Ahmar in Yemen.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ahmarensis grows stem-forming or usually without stem, is solitary or sprouts usually with up to 25 rosettes . The prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The approximately twelve triangular-arched, ascending leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is about 30 inches long and 9 inches wide. The upper side of the leaf is frosted light pink-gray and waxy. The frosted underside is greenish gray. The dark brown teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 18 to 30 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is honey-colored.
Inflorescences and flowers
The ascending inflorescence consists of many branches and reaches a length of 65 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 8 inches long. The ovoid-triangular bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The light coral pink, yellowish tipped flowers are on 7 to 8 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 33 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 to 10 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 6 millimeters and finally expanded to 7 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens protrude 1.5 millimeters, the stylus protrudes 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ahmarensis occurs in the sparsely overgrown sandy plains of Yemen on valley floors and on basaltic lava flows at an altitude of around 500 m .
The first description by P. Favell , M. Barry Miller and Abdul Nasser Al-Gifri was published in 1999.
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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. 441 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ahmarensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 108 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 4.
- ^ P. Favell, M. Barry Miller, Abdul Nasser Al-Gifri: Notes on two aloes from Yemen, including the description of a new species, A. ahmarensis . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 71, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1999, pp. 257-259.