Aloe friisii
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Aloe friisii is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet friisii honors the Danish botanist Ib Friis (* 1945).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe friisii grows in a stem-forming manner. The upright or spreading trunks are up to 20 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2 to 4 centimeters. They are simple or form up to two branches. The narrow, elliptical leaves form loose rosettes . The light green leaf blade is 25 to 35 inches long and 3.5 to 5 inches wide. There are few whitish, sometimes indistinct spots on it. The whitish, occasionally brown tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 2 to 8 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The ascending inflorescence consists of eight to 13 branches and reaches a length of 50 to 75 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 3 to 14 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts have a length of 2 to 5 millimeters and are 1 to 3 millimeters wide. The yellow, longitudinally darkly veined flowers are on 8 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 22 to 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are slightly narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7.3 to 8.3 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe friisii is common in Ethiopia under thickets on rocky slopes in the deciduous forest at altitudes of 600 to 1600 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by Sebsebe Demissew and Michael George Gilbert was published in 2000.
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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. 499 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe friisii . 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.
- ^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 55, Number 3, 2000, pp. 683-686.