Aloe cheranganiensis
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Aloe cheranganiensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet cheranganiensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Cherangani hills in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe cheranganiensis grows stem-forming and branched from the base. The trunks reach a length of up to 2 meters and a diameter of 4 centimeters. The ovate lanceolate leaves are loosely heaped at the stem tips. The glaucous green leaf blade is up to 40 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. In young shoots there are scattered, whitish spots on the leaf surface. The green, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 8 to 13 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence usually consists of two branches and reaches a length of 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are about 20 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of 5 to 8 millimeters and are 3 to 4 millimeters wide. The bright orange flowers are yellow at the mouth and stand on 10 to 20 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 27 to 30 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 22 to 25 millimeters. The inner tepals are turned back. The stamens and the style protrude 6 to 7 mm from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe cheranganiensis is widespread in the north of Kenya and in Uganda on the border with Kenya in open, deciduous woodland on rocky-sandy plains and rocky slopes at altitudes of 1220 to 1980 meters.
The first description by Susan Carter and Peter Edward Brandham was published in 1979.
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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. 572 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe cheranganiensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 124 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 45.
- ^ Susan Carter, Peter Edward Brandham: Two new species of Aloe from Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 41, Number 1, London 1979, pp. 4-6.