Aloe chrysostachys
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Aloe chrysostachys is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet chrysostachys is derived from the Greek words chrysos for 'gold' and stachys for 'ear' and refers to the yellow inflorescence of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe chrysostachys grows without a stem or with a very short stem, sprouts sparsely from the base and forms small groups. The 14 to 18 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The bluish green, purple leaf blade in exposed situations is about 30 centimeters long and 8 to 10 centimeters wide. Their surface is smooth. The firm, hooked teeth on the reddish, cartilaginous leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of five to seven branches and reaches a length of 30 to 40 centimeters. The loose grapes are 6 to 10 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The deltoid-pointed bracts have a length of 5 to 7 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The cloudy red or yellow flowers are on 10 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 35 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Above this, they are narrowed to 7 millimeters and finally expanded again to 8 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 11 to 13 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe chrysostachys is widespread in the east of Kenya in humus pockets on gneiss rock deposits at altitudes of 900 to 1200 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1976. A synonym is Aloe meruana Lavranos (1980).
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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. 314 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe chrysostachys . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 125 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 47.
- ^ JJ Lavranos, LE Newton: Three new Aloes from East Africa and an amplified description of a fourth . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 48, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1976, pp. 278-279.