Aloe cephalophora
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Aloe cephalophora is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet cephalophora is derived from the Greek words kephale for 'head' and -phoros for 'bearing' and refers to the cephalic inflorescence of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe cephalophora grows stemless and sprouts from the base. The eight to ten arching, triangular, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The olive-green leaf blade is 34 to 36 inches long and 4 to 4.5 inches wide. The leaf surface is rough. The few teeth on the leaf margin are small and white.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence is simple or consists of up to two branches. It reaches a length of about 25 centimeters. The dense, heady or almost heady grapes are about 5 inches long and 4 inches wide. The egg-shaped bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 8 millimeters wide. They are whitish and have three to five brown veins. The coral-red flowers at their base turn creamy yellow towards the top. They have green veins and are on 12 to 14 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are about 35 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that, they are extended to 10 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 20 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe cephalophora is common in Saudi Arabia on steep rocky slopes at altitudes of around 1400 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Iris Sheila Collenette was published in 2000.
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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. 420 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe cephalophora . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 123 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 44.
- ^ John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 20-21.