Aloe camperi

Aloe camperi
	Aloe camperi
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe camperi
Scientific name
	Aloe camperi
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Aloe camperi is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet camperi honors Manfredo Camperio, a resident of Eritrea.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe camperi grows trunk-forming, sprouts from the base and occasionally forms groups 1 to 2 meters in diameter. The upright, spreading or prostrate trunks are up to 100 centimeters long and 6 to 10 centimeters wide. The 12 to 16 triangular, bent-back leaves form rosettes and are persistent in the top 10 to 20 centimeters of the trunks. The dark green leaf blade is 50 to 60 inches long and 8 to 12 inches wide. Sometimes there are a few cloudy white, lens-shaped spots on the leaf surface. The stinging, brownish teeth on the reddish leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of six to eight branches and reaches a length of 70 to 100 centimeters. The lower branches are sometimes also branched. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 9 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. The deltoid bracts have a length of 2 millimeters and are just as wide. The cylindrical, club-shaped, orange to yellow flowers are on 12 to 18 millimeter long peduncles . They reach a length of 20 to 22 millimeters. The flowers are 25 to 30 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that, they are expanded to 11 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 7 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 14}$

Systematics and distribution

Plants in the natural habitat

Aloe camperi is common in Eritrea and Ethiopia in open spots in valleys at altitudes of 1400 to 2530 meters.

The first description by Georg Schweinfurth was published in 1894.

Synonyms are Aloe abyssinica Salm-Dyck (1817, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1), Aloe spicata Baker (1896, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1), Aloe albopicta hort. ex A. Berger (1908), Aloe eru A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f. erecta hort. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f. glauca hoard. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f. maculata hort. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f. parvipunctata hort. ex A.Berger (1908) and Aloe eru var. cornuta A.Berger (1908).

proof

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. 621 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe camperi . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 121 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 39.
↑ Georg Schweinfurth: Collection of Arabic-Ethiopian plants. Results from trips in 1881, 88, 91, 92 and 94 . In: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier . Volume 2, Appendix 2, 1894, pp. 67-69 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Aloe camperi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe camperi in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 39.

[2] Georg Schweinfurth: Collection of Arabic-Ethiopian plants. Results from trips in 1881, 88, 91, 92 and 94 . In: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier . Volume 2, Appendix 2, 1894, pp. 67-69 ( online ).