Aloe buchananii
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Aloe buchananii is a species of the genus aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet buchananii honors the Scottish clergyman John Buchanan (1821-1903), who lived from 1861 to 1877 in South Africa.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe buchananii grows stemless or short stem-forming, is usually simple or and forms lumps. The trunk reaches a length of up to 20 centimeters. The roots are spindle-shaped. The triangular leaves are arranged in two rows or form rosettes over time . The green leaf blade is 60 inches long and 4 to 6 inches wide. On it there are a few scattered, elongated ones towards the base. cloudy white spots. The underside of the leaf is more spotted. The teeth on the narrow, translucent, cartilaginous leaf margin are 0.5 millimeters long and 8 to 15 millimeters apart. The marginal teeth are missing towards the tip of the leaf.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 60 to 80 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 15 to 20 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed and small-pointed pointed, fleshy, light pink bracts are 25 to 30 millimeters long and 10 to 12 millimeters wide. In the early bud stage, they are arranged in a brick shape. The salmon pink or light coral red flowers are on 35 to 40 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 to 11 millimeters. They are then narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are almost not or not completely fused together. The stamens and the pen stand out from the flower to 1 millimeter.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe buchananii is common in the south of Malawi on woodland at altitudes of 1150 to 1940 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1895.
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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. 146 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe buchananii . 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.
- ^ Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information . Kew 1895, p. 119.