Aloe haggeherensis
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Aloe haggeherensis is a plant from the genus of aloe ( Aloe ) in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet haggeherensis refers to the origin of the species, from the Haggeher Mountains.
description
Aloe haggeherensis grows as a single plant without developing a stem or forms smaller groups with runners. A short trunk 20 centimeters long can be formed in the shade. The bright green leaves are up to 6 centimeters wide and 30 to 45 centimeters long at the base. At the edge of the leaf there are red-tipped 3-millimeter long teeth at a distance of 3 millimeters. The juice in the leaves is yellow and turns light yellow when it dries up.
The up to 70 centimeter high inflorescence is three to five times branched and has loose racemose partial inflorescences with a length of up to 20 centimeters. The purple-brown inflorescence stalk is provided with a waxy coating. The lanceolate, pointed bracts are up to 3 millimeters long and white, with five veins running through them, colored. The orange flower stalks are up to 10 millimeters long and carry the up to 25 millimeters long flower envelope . It is orange in color, turning yellow towards the opening and has a diameter of 5 millimeters in the area of the ovary and 6 to 8 millimeters at the opening. The yellow stamens carry the anthers protruding 3 millimeters from the corolla. The scar protrudes 4 millimeters. The yellow-green ovary is up to 6 millimeters long.
distribution
Aloe haggeherensis grows in a narrow habitat on granite rocks at the peaks of the Haggeher Mountains on Socotra Island .
supporting documents
- Tom McCoy, John Lavranos: Aloe lanata and Aloe haggeherensis (Aloaceae), two new aloes from Yemen . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 58, Number 11, 2007, pp. 295-298.
- 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. 328 .