Aloe bertemariae
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Aloe bertemariae is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet bertemariae honors Berte Marie Ulvester, the wife of the Italian Maurizio Dioli .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe bertemariae grows stemless, sprouts and forms groups with up to four rosettes . The 13 to 15 upright or slightly bent back, triangular to lanceolate, strongly runny leaves form rosettes . When it is dry, the leaves become tubular. The longitudinally striped leaf blade is 50 to 65 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. It is covered with large whitish green spots on both sides. On the underside of most leaves there are three to five brown, 1 to 2 millimeter long spines. The brown teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 15 to 25 millimeters apart. The dark yellow leaf sap is dry brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 1 to 2 meters. The rather dense, cylindrical-conical grapes are 50 to 80 centimeters long. The triangular, pointed, bent bracts are 9 to 12 millimeters long, 3 to 4 millimeters wide and have numerous brown veins. The cylindrical, triangular, dark coral-red flowers are whitish at the mouth. They are 26 to 28 millimeters long and stand on 4 to 7 millimeter long flower stalks . Above the ovary the tiny fluff hairy flowers are slightly constricted. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 9 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe bertemariae is widespread in Ethiopia in the Harerge region on sandy loam soil in the acacia forest at heights of 300 to 400 meters. The species is only known from the collection of types.
The first description by Sebsebe Demissew and Maurizio Dioli 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. 288 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bertemariae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 115 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 25.
- ↑ Sebsebe Demissew, M. Dioli: A new Aloe (Aloaceae) species from Ogaden (south eastern Ethiopia) . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 55, Number 3, 2000, pp. 679-682.