Aloe eximia
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Aloe eximia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet eximia comes from Latin , means 'excellent' and refers to the remarkably tall growth of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe eximia grows trunk-forming and individually. The straight, upright trunk reaches a height of 4 to 5 meters (rarely up to 7 meters) and is 8 to 14 centimeters (rarely up to 20 centimeters) thick. The 20 to 25 rather narrow, lanceolate leaves are spread out and strongly bent back. Your bright green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 45 centimeters long and 5 to 6 centimeters wide. The tip of the leaf is pointed. The yellowish white teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 5 to 12 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is brownish yellow and dries darker.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 18 to 20 centimeters. The dense, slightly cylindrical to almost head-shaped grapes are 7 to 10 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The bracts have a length of 8 to 10 millimeters and are 6 to 7 millimeters wide. The yellow flowers are orange or brick red in the bud stage and are on 20 to 25 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 20 to 22 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 5 to 6 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe eximia is common in Madagascar at altitudes above 1200 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2006.
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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. 680 .
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.
- ↑ John J. Lavranos, Tom McCoy: Aloe eximia. An attractive new species from Madagascar . In: CactusWorld . Volume 24, Number 4, 2006, pp. 199-200.