Aloe cannellii

Aloe cannellii
	Aloe cannellii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe cannellii
Scientific name
	Aloe cannellii
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Aloe cannellii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet cannellii honors the civil engineer Ian C. Cannell from Zimbabwe, who collected plants together with Leslie Charles Leach.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe cannellii grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms dense clusters. The mostly four to five linear-pointed leaves form rosettes . The green or brownish tinged leaf blade is up to 26 inches long and 0.4 to 0.8 inches wide. Occasionally there are a few white spots on the upper side of the leaf. The underside is more spotted with white. The whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 0.25 millimeters long and about 1 millimeter apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 20 to 30 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are about 10 to 12.5 centimeters long and consist of ten to 20 flowers. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 4.5 to 6.5 millimeters and are 3 to 3.5 millimeters wide. The orange-red flowers turn greenish at their mouth. They stand on 10 to 15 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 20 to 22 millimeters (rarely up to 25 millimeters) long and are trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 3.5 to 4 millimeters in diameter. Above it, they are expanded to about 5 millimeters and finally narrowed to 4 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe cannellii is widespread in Mozambique between tufts of grass on almost vertical cliffs at heights of around 1500 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.

The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1971.

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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. 120 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe cannellii . 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.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 37, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1971, pp. 41-46.

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[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] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 37, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1971, pp. 41-46.