Aloe francombei
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Aloe francombei is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet francombei honors Colin Francombe, manager of a ranch in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe francombei grows trunk-forming and branches from the base. The upright or ascending shoots are up to 40 centimeters long. The 15 to 20 triangular leaves form rosettes . The cloudy green, sometimes red tinged leaf blade is up to 31 centimeters long and 7 to 8 centimeters wide. There are few or many white elliptical spots on it, especially on the underside. The firm, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are up to 4 millimeters long and 7 to 9 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of up to eight branches and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 20 centimeters long. The triangular bracts have a length of 10 to 12 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. In the bud state they are arranged in a brick shape. The light pink flowers are tiny pustules on their surface. Their tips are edged white. The flowers are on 8 to 13 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5.5 millimeters. Above that, they are expanded to 7 millimeters and finally narrowed to 6 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 14 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 2 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe francombei is common in Kenya in the shade of bushes on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1520 to 1650 meters.
The first description by 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. 598 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe francombei . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 139 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 87.
- ^ Leonard E. Newton: Four new species of Aloe in Kenya . In: British Cactus & Succulent Journal . Volume 12, Number 2, 1994, pp. 54-55.