Aloe doddsiorum
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Aloe doddsiorum is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet doddsiorum honors Anthony and Maria Dodds, who conducted field research in Kenya and made numerous discoveries.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe doddsiorum grows trunk-forming, is single or rarely sparsely branched from the base. The prostrate or hanging trunks reach a length of up to 200 centimeters and are 6 centimeters thick. The 16 to 20 broad deltoid leaves are located at the top of the trunk and below. Their bluish-gray, smooth leaf blades are 30 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. There are occasionally a few pale spots on it near the base. The deltoid, red teeth on the leaf margin are 5 to 6 millimeters long and 5 to 16 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is clear. It dries colorless.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright or ascending inflorescence consists of up to four branches and reaches a length of 90 to 100 centimeters. The upright, conical grapes are up to 25 centimeters long. The ovate-lanceolate, pale pink bracts have a length of 18 to 22 millimeters and are 5 to 6 millimeters wide. The bright orange-pink flowers are cream-colored at the mouth and stand on 12 to 15 millimeter long, reddish pedicels . The flowers are 30 to 35 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 4.5 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe doddsiorum is common in Kenya in the Samburu District at altitudes of 2675 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy and John Jacob Lavranos was published in 2007.
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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. 503 .
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. 91.
- ^ Thomas McCoy, John Lavranos: Two significant new aloes from Kenya . In: CactusWorld . Volume 25, Number 4, 2007, pp. 209-213.
Web links
- Photos of Aloe doddsiorum