Aloe aldabrensis
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Aloe aldabrensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet aldabrensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Aldabra atoll.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe aldabrensis grows without stem or stem-forming. The upright or prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 2 meters. The linear-lanceolate to sword-shaped leaves form dense rosettes . The green, often orange or red tinged leaf blade is 60 to 100 centimeters long and 4 to 10 centimeters wide. The teeth on the horny leaf margin are small.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of three to five branches and reaches a length of 15 to 35 centimeters. The branches are seldom branched again. The cylindrical grapes are quite dense. The ovoid to deltoid bracts have a length of 2.5 to 4.5 millimeters. The bright orange-red flowers are on 12 to 20 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 18 to 25 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
fruit
The fruits are purple berries about 15 millimeters long and 12 millimeters in diameter.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ahmarensis is widespread on the islands of the Aldabra Group on limestone in mixed scrub and thickets at about sea level.
The first description as Lomatophyllum aldabrense by Wessel Marais was published in 1975. Leonard Eric Newton and Gordon Douglas Rowley put the species in 1996 in the genus Aloe .
proof
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. 465 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe aldabrensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 109 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 6.
- ^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 29, Number 4, 1974, p. 722.
- ^ GD Rowley: The berries Aloes: Aloe section Lomatophyllum . In: Excelsa . Number 17, 1996, p. 59.