Aloe ghibensis
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Aloe ghibensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The epithet ghibensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Ghibe -Schlucht in Ethiopia .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ghibensis grows in a stem-forming manner. The climbing trunk reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters and is 5 to 7 centimeters thick. The leaves form a rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is 35 to 50 inches long and 7 to 10 inches wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The white, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 7 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has seven or eight branches and reaches a length of 45 to 54 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 22 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The ovate-pointed bracts are 3 to 4 millimeters long and about 2.5 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on 5 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 to 30 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 6 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 to 8 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ghibensis in Ethiopia in the Ghibe -Schlucht in the region of Oromia in Kefa - Flore area spreads at altitudes from 1,365 to 1,700 meters. It grows in Combretum - Terminalia - woodland on the edge of cliffs of volcanic origin and is associated with Combretum collinum , Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha and Ficus sycomorus socialized.
The first description by Sebsebe Demissew and Ib Friis was published in 2011.
Hazards and protective measures
The natural habitat of this species is damaged by erosion, logging and the like. a. changed greatly and the stocks in the wild are decreasing very sharply. The IUCN lists this species in the Critically Endangered category . To protect the species, it is grown in culture.
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literature
- Sebsebe Demissew, Ib Friis, Tesfaye Awas, Paul Wilkin, Odile Weber, Steve Bachman, Inger Nordal: Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 66, Number 1, 2011, pp. 113-117 ( DOI: 10.1007 / s12225-011-9263-2 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: an update on epithets used in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 29, 2011, p. 181.
- ↑ Aloe ghibensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Weber, O. & Sebsebe Demissew, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2014.