Aloe benishangulana
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Aloe benishangulana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet benishangulana refers to the occurrence of the species in the Ethiopian region of Benishangul-Gumuz .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe benishangulana grows stemless and sprouts. The leaves form a loose rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is 20 to 46 inches long and 1 to 4.5 inches wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The white teeth on the leaf edge are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and 3 to 8 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 50 to 60 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are about 28 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 8 to 10 millimeters and are about 4 millimeters wide. The bright scarlet flowers turn pale to almost white at the mouth. They stand on 8 to 10 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 37 to 40 millimeters long and trimmed at the base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The flowering period extends from April to August.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe benishangulana in Ethiopia in a limited area near Assosa in Welega - Flore area , in the region Benishangul-Gumuz Region common. It grows in bamboo thickets ( Oxythenanthera abyssinica ) with open rock deposits at altitudes of 1490 to 1500 meters.
The first description by Sebsebe Demissew and Tesfaye Awas was published in 2011.
Hazards and protective measures
The IUCN has this species in the Data Deficient category , due to the future threats that can be expected from the construction of roads in their habitat.
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literature
- Sebsebe Demissew, Ib Friis, Tesfaye Awas, Paul Wilkin, Odile Weber, Steve Bachman, Inger Nordal: Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 66, number 1, 2011, p. 113 ( DOI: 10.1007 / s12225-011-9263-2 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: an update on epithets used in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 29, 2011, p. 181.
- ↑ Aloe benishangulana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Weber, O. & Sebsebe Demissew, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2014.