Aloe bicomitum
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Aloe bicomitum is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet bicomitum is derived from the Latin words bi- for 'two' and comitor for 'accompany' and refers to Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (1895–1967) and Neil R. Smuts (1898–1963) who were looking for new plants together.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe bicomitum grows without stems, is simple or forms small groups. The approximately 20 triangular leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy gray-green leaf blade is 50 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. It is covered with many, elliptical, light green spots that are more crowded towards the base. On the underside, the spots are smaller and more crowded together. The hooked, pinkish red teeth on the pinkish red leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of about ten branches and reaches a length of 1 to 1.2 meters. The dense, cylindrical-conical grapes are 15 to 20 centimeters long. The ovate long, pointed bracts are 11 millimeters long and 10 millimeters wide. In the middle, they're a bit meaty. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The bright scarlet red flowers are tiny downy hairy and stand on 13 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 32 millimeters long and very short at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 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 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe bicomitum is found in the south-east of Tanzania and in the extreme north of Zambia on rock deposits in the Brachystegia forest at altitudes of 780 to 1400 meters.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1977. Aloe venusta Reynolds (1959, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1) is a synonym .
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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. 346 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bicomitum . 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. 26.
- ↑ LC Leach: Notes on Aloe (Liliaceae) species of the Flora Zambesiaca area . In: Kirkia . Volume 10, Number 2, 1977, pp. 385-386.