Aloe canarina

Aloe canarina
Systematics
Monocots Order : Asparagales (Asparagales) Family : Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae) Subfamily : Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae) Genre : Aloes ( aloe ) Type : Aloe canarina
Scientific name
Aloe canarina
S. Carter

Aloe canarina is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet canarina comes from Latin and refers to the canary-yellow flowers.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe canarina grows trunk-forming, sprouts and forms small groups. The prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 80 centimeters. The lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy, greyish-green, red-tinged leaf blade is 50 to 80 centimeters long and 10 to 15 centimeters wide. The piercing, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 10 to 18 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of 15 to 20 branches and reaches a length of about 100 centimeters. The lowest branches are branched again. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 15 centimeters long. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of 2 to 3 millimeters and are 2.5 millimeters wide. The yellow flowers are on 6 to 7 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 to 30 millimeters long and are trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 to 12 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 8 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 8 to 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 4 millimeters out from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe canarina is common in northeast Uganda and southeast Sudan in open, deciduous bush at heights of 1345 to 1570 meters.

The first description by Susan Carter was published in 1994.

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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. 612 .
• Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe canarina . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 121 .

Individual evidence

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. ^ Susan Carter: Flora of Tropical East Africa. Aloaceae . 1994, pp. 41-42.