Aloe amicorum
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Aloe amicorum is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet amicorum comes from Latin , means 'of friends' and refers to the friends of the expedition from the Mountain Club of Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe amicorum grows trunk-forming and sparsely branched near the base. The hanging shoots reach a length of 112 centimeters and a diameter of 2.5 centimeters and are covered with the dead, sheathed leaf bases. The sickle-shaped leaves form loose rosettes . The bluish green leaf blade , tinged with purple in the sun, is 46 centimeters long and 5.5 centimeters wide. Sometimes it is covered with a few, scattered, whitish spots on the slightly rough upper side. The red-pointed teeth on the narrow, white, horny leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. There are one or two teeth on the blunt tip of the leaf. The yellow leaf sap is dry brownish yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The rising, almost horizontal inflorescence consists of six, slightly white frosted branches and reaches a length of 76 centimeters. The loose grapes are 8 to 27 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The triangular bracts have a length of 3.5 millimeters and are 2.5 millimeters wide. The vermilion, slightly whitish frosted flowers are on 8 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 28 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. The tip edges are creamy white. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 11 to 12 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe amicorum is widespread in Kenya in Marsabit County on the edges of steep rock surfaces at altitudes of about 1450 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1991.
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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. 507 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe amicorum . 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. 9.
- ^ Leonard Eric Newton: A new pendulous Aloe from a mountain in north Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 63, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1991, pp. 80-81.