Aloe brunneostriata
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Aloe brunneostriata is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet brunneostriata is derived from the Latin words brunneus for 'brown' and striatus for 'striped' and refers to striped leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe brunneostriata grows short trunk-forming, sprouts from the base and forms small groups. The upright or ascending shoots reach a length of 40 centimeters. The up to ten lanceolate, pointed leaves form loose rosettes . The creamy yellow leaf blade is 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. There are reddish brown longitudinal lines on it. The leaf surface is smooth. Teeth on the leaf margin are missing, or they are blunt, yellow and shorter than 0.5 millimeters.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six to seven (rarely up to twelve) branches and reaches a length of 50 to 60 centimeters. The loose grapes consist of almost one-sided flowers. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 5 to 6 millimeters long and 5 to 6 millimeters wide. The yellow flowers are on 5 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . There are greenish veins on their tip tips. The flowers are 16 to 20 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 5 to 6 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 about 4 to 6 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe brunneostriata is common in Somalia on sandy plains at heights of about 640 meters. The species is only known from two closely neighboring populations.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Susan Carter was published in 1992.
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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. 312 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe brunneostriata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 118 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 33.
- ↑ John J. Lavranos: Aloe inermis Forsk. and its relatives, with description of a new species . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 64, Number 4, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1992, pp. 206-208.