Aloe ankoberensis
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Aloe ankoberensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ankoberensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Ankober in Ethiopia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ankoberensis grows stem-forming and usually simply. The hanging trunks reach a length of up to 6 meters. The leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy greyish to bluish green leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 17 to 17.5 inches wide. The pale, mostly tiny, dark reddish-brown tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 0.7 to 1.9 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence , which descends at the base and then ascends with a U-shaped bend, consists of one to six branches. It reaches a length of 50 centimeters and more. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 8 inches long. The ovate-lanceolate, pointed bracts are 14 to 25 millimeters long and 5 to 6.5 millimeters wide. The bright orange-red flowers are on 10 to 25 millimeters (rarely from 6 millimeters) long peduncles . The flowers are 25 to 40 millimeters long. Above the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 22 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ankoberensis is common in Ethiopia in the Shewa region on steep, rocky slopes and cliffs at altitudes of 3000 to 3500 meters.
The first description by Michael George Gilbert and Sebsebe Demissew was published in 1997.
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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. 505 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ankoberensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 111 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 11.
- ^ MG Gilbert, Sebsebe Demissew: Further notes on the genus Aloe in Ethiopia and Eritrea . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 52, Number 1, 1997, pp. 146-147.