Aloe belavenokensis
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Aloe belavenokensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet belavenokensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Belavenoka on Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe belavenokensis grows very short stem-forming and forms groups of up to 1 meter in diameter through runners. The underground trunk is up to 1.5 meters long and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The ten or so linearly tapered and pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The green leaf blade, which is reddish brown to purple at its base, is 20 to 30 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. The teeth on the leaf margin are white to light red. The white leaf sap turns yellow in the air.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 25 to 40 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 20 centimeters long and consist of 10 to 15 (rarely up to 20) flowers. The pointed bracts are 3 to 5 millimeters long. The bright vermilion flowers have green veins in the upper third. They stand on 10 to 15 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 20 to 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 to 20 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
fruit
The fruits are berries up to 25 millimeters long and 15 millimeters wide. The seeds are not winged.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe belavenokensis is distributed in Madagascar in the coastal forest on sand at an altitude of about 1220 meters.
The first description as Lomatophyllum belavenokense by Werner Rauh and Raimond Gerold was published in 1994. Leonard Eric Newton and Gordon Douglas Rowley put the species in 1996 in the genus Aloe .
proof
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. 416 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe belavenokensis . 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. 24.
- ↑ Werner Rauh: Lomatophyllum belavenokense Rauh and Gerold spec. nov., a new species from south-eastern Madagascar . In: Excelsa . Number 16, 1994, pp. 1-6.
- ^ GD Rowley: The berries Aloes: Aloe section Lomatophyllum . In: Excelsa . Number 17, 1996, p. 59.