Aloe carolineae
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Aloe carolineae is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet carolineae honors Caroline Wheeler (1960–2000) from Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe carolineae grows trunk-forming, branched and forms dense clumps up to 2 meters in diameter. The trunks reach a length of up to 100 centimeters and are 2 centimeters thick. Long trunks are stretched out to drooping. The lanceolate leaves form loose rosettes on the top 15 centimeters of the trunks . The light green leaf blade is up to 22 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. On it, especially near the base, there are numerous elongated whitish spots that usually form irregular transverse bands. The white, occasionally brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 3 to 6 millimeters apart. The leaf sheaths are up to 2 inches long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The almost horizontal inflorescence consists of four to seven branches and reaches a length of up to 55 centimeters. The loose grapes consist of single-sided flowers. Terminal grapes are up to 19 centimeters long, the remaining 4 to 13 centimeters long. The triangular bracts are 3 millimeters long. The cylindrical, scarlet flowers are on 5 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 27 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above it, they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally expanded to 6 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10.5 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe carolineae is widespread in Kenya on rock ledges at heights of around 460 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 2002.
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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. 487 .
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.
- ^ Leonard Eric Newton: A new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) in Kenya with secund flowers . In: British Cactus & Succulent Journal . Volume 20, Number 4, 2002, pp. 204-206.
Web links
- Herbarium specimens of Aloe carolineae