Aloe elata
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Aloe elata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet elata comes from Latin , means 'large' and refers to the large shoots.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe elata grows in a stem-forming manner, is usually simple and rarely sprouts from the base. The non-branched trunks are up to 6 meters (rarely up to 10 meters) long and reach a diameter of up to 12 centimeters. The lanceolate, strongly recurved leaves over time form dense rosettes . The dark grayish green leaf blade is up to 100 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The hooked, white-pointed teeth on the leaf margin are 4 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 26 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is colorless.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of up to nine branches and reaches a length of up to 65 centimeters. The lowest branches are branched again. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 14 centimeters long. The egg-shaped bracts have a length of 4 to 7 millimeters and are 3 to 5 millimeters wide. The scarlet as bud flowers are yellow in the heyday. They stand on 8 to 10 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 to 32 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 24 to 26 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 7 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe elata is widespread in the north of Tanzania and in the southwest of Kenya in dense bush and in dry forests on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1065 to 1500 meters.
The first description by Susan Carter and Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1994.
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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. 686 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe elata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 134 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 74.
- ^ Flora of Tropical East Africa. Aloaceae . 1994, pp. 56-57.