Aloe bargalensis
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Aloe bargalensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet bargalensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Bargal in Somalia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe bargalensis grows without a stem or with a short stem and sprouts from the base. The lanceolate, somewhat sickle-shaped leaves form rosettes . The green, noticeably furrowed and dark green striped leaf blade is 30 to 40 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. There are irregular white spots on it. The teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 12 to 25 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence , rarely it consists of one or two branches, reaches a length of 70 to 120 centimeters. The rather dense, narrow cylindrical and pointed grapes are 30 to 40 centimeters long. The ovoid-deltoid, long pointed bracts have a length of up to 15 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The reddish, yellow flowers towards the mouth are on 5 to 7 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 4 millimeters and finally expanded to 7 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 to 16 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe bargalensis is common in Somalia on shallow soils on limestone from sea level to altitudes of 1100 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1973.
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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. 287 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bargalensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 114 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 22.
- ^ John Jacob Lavranos: Three new Aloes from Somalia . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 45, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1973, pp. 116-117.