Aloe ericahenriettae
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Aloe ericahenriettae is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ericahenriettae honors Erica Henrietta McCoy, the daughter of the person who first described it.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ericahenriettae grows stemless, is solitary and sometimes divides into two to three rosettes . The 15 to 25 deltoid-pointed leaves are ascending or spreading. Their gray-green leaf blades are 100 centimeters long and 25 centimeters wide. Young plants are strongly spotted with white. The white, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 20 to 30 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow and dries greenish yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of up to three upright branches and reaches a length of 240 centimeters. The cylindrical grapes are up to 100 centimeters long. The lanceolate, pointed, white bracts have a length of 5 to 10 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The red, fluffy flowers at their base are yellow-green at the mouth and stand on 7 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 5 to 6 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ericahenriettae is common in Djibouti on lava plateaus at heights of 200 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy 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. 297 .
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. 92.
- ↑ Thomas McCoy: Aloe djiboutiensis and Aloe ericahenriettae two new species from Djibouti. And the mystery of Aloe eumassawana's natural habitat solved . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 79, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2007, pp. 269-273 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2007) 79 [269: ADAAET] 2.0.CO; 2 ).