Aloe archeri
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Aloe archeri is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet archeri honors the British accountant Philip G. Archer (* 1922).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe archeri grows trunk-forming and branches from the base. The upright shoots reach a length of up to 70 centimeters and a diameter of 3.5 centimeters. Over time, they become prostrate and are up to 4 meters long. The triangular leaves form loose rosettes . The leaves are persistent on the uppermost 60 centimeters of the shoots. The dark green leaf blade is 40 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. Scattered whitish spots are present on young shoots and seedlings. The leaf surface is rough. The firm, hooked teeth on the edge of the leaf are 5 millimeters long and 6 to 15 millimeters apart. The yellow leaf sap is dry brownish yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six to twelve branches and reaches a length of 70 to 140 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 22 centimeters long. The ovate-lanceolate bracts have a length of about 12 to 15 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are densely arranged in a brick shape. The red flowers are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . Their tips are edged yellow. The flowers are 22 to 25 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above it, they are slightly narrowed to 4.5 millimeters and then widened to 7 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 15 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand about 5 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe archeri is widespread in Kenya in the dry acacia bush in the shade of trees at altitudes of 1250 to 1800 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1977.
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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. 614 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe archeri . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 111-112 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 14.
- ^ John Jacob Lavranos: Aloe archeri, an interesting new species from the Rift Valley of Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 49, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1977, pp. 74-75.