Aloe eumassawana
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Aloe eumassawana is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet eremophila is derived from the Greek word eu for 'true' and Aloe massawana , with which the species was confused.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe eumassawana grows without a stem or with a very short stem, sprouts and forms large groups. The approximately 16 lanceolate, pointed leaves form rosettes . The cloudy gray-green leaf blade is 45 to 50 inches long and 7 to 18 inches wide. There are occasional bright spots on it. The leaf surface is smooth. The reddish brown tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 1.5 to 2 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of one or two branches and reaches a length of 1.2 to 1.5 meters. The loose, cylindrical-conical grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters (rarely from 15 centimeters) long. The ovoid-triangular, pointed to pointed bracts have a length of 6.5 to 7 millimeters and are 2.5 to 4 millimeters wide. The bright scarlet to orange flowers are on 3 to 4.5 millimeters (rarely up to 7 millimeters) long pedicels . Their tips are lighter yellow edged and very finely papilose. The flowers are 20 to 21 millimeters (rarely from 18 millimeters) long and rounded at their base. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 15 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe eumassawana is widespread in Eritrea in the coastal bush on sandy soils at sea level.
The first description by Susan Carter , Michael George Gilbert and Sebsebe Demissew was published in 1996.
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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. 428 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe eumassawana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 136 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 79.
- ^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 51, Number 4, 1996, p. 776.