Aloe guillaumetii
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Aloe guillaumetii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet guillaumetii honors the French plant ecologist Jean L. Guillaumet (* 1934).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe guillaumetii grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms large mats. The six to twelve triangular leaves form rosettes . The bright green, red overflowing leaf blade is 38 to 40 centimeters long and 2 to 5 centimeters wide. There are scattered small white spots on it. The whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 2 to 5 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 80 to 110 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 25 to 30 centimeters long. The lanceolate-pointed bracts have a length of 4 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The flowers, which are red at their base , are pink above and then turn green. They stand on 15 to 20 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 24 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened to 6 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe guillaumetii is widespread in Madagascar on eroded sandstone deposits. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Georges Cremers was published in 1976.
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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. 422 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe guillaumetii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 143 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 100.
- ↑ Adansonia . 2nd Series, Volume 15, Number 4, 1976, pp. 498-501.