Aloe canis
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Aloe canis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet canis honors Theo Campbell-Barker, who discovered the species. It derives from the Latin word canis for 'dog' and is an allusion to the barking (Engl. Bark ) of dogs and thus the name of the discoverer.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe canis grows stem-forming and usually individually. The upright trunks reach a length of up to 250 centimeters and are covered with the remains of dead leaves to about 20 centimeters. The upright, lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is up to about 45 inches long and 5 to 7 inches wide. On the dark green burnished upper side of the leaf there are scattered spots near the base. The underside is olive-green and has scattered spots. The piercing, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 15 to 23 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of three to four branches and reaches a length of 100 to 150 centimeters. The cylindrical-pointed grapes are about 14 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. The thin bracts are 3 to 4 millimeters long. The cylindrical, pale pink to scarlet flowers are on 10 to 11 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 34 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened again to 5 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe canis is common in Malawi in the Salima District in open woodlands at heights of 500 meters.
The first description by Stewart Sedgwick Lane was published in 2001.
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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. 637 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 89
- ^ S. Lane: A new Aloe in Malawi . In: Aloe . Volume 38, Numbers 3-4, 2001, p. 72; Aloe . Volume 40, number 2, 2003, p. 55.