Aloe armatissima
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Aloe armatissima is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet armatissima is derived from the superlative of the Latin word armatus for 'reinforced' and refers to distinctive teeth on the leaf margin.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe armatissima grows individually, has no trunk or forms a short, prostrate trunk. The ten to 14 lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The glaucous green leaf blade is 30 to 50 centimeters long and 9 to 17 centimeters wide. There are often numerous lighter spots on it. The brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are about 5 millimeters long and 6 to 17 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence consists of four to eight branches, sometimes up to 27 branches, and reaches a length of up to 170 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 25 to 55 centimeters long. The lanceolate bracts have a length of 10 to 12 millimeters and are 5 to 7 millimeters wide. The yellow or rarely red flowers are on 6 to 8 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are about 38 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. They are hardly narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 22 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 4 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe armatissima is found in forests on granite in western Saudi Arabia .
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Iris Sheila Collenette was published in 2000.
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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. 355 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe armatissima . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 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. 15.
- ^ John J. Lavranos, Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 22-23.