Aloe inyangensis
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Aloe inyangensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet inyangensis refers to the occurrence of the species on Mount Inyanga in Zimbabwe .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe inyangensis grows trunk-forming, branches out near the base and forms dense clumps of up to 2 meters in diameter. Your shoots are up to 30 inches long and 1.5 to 2 inches wide. The eight to ten leaves are arranged in two rows. Their dark green leaf blades are 15 to 35 inches long and 0.5 to 1.5 inches wide. There may be a few scattered spots on the top of the leaf near the base. The underside of the leaf near the base is usually covered with many very light green, lens-shaped spots. The teeth on the white, cartilaginous leaf margin are 0.5 millimeters long and 1 to 2 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence is 30 to 50 centimeters long. The fairly loose, cylindrical grapes are 6 to 10 inches long and 6 inches wide. They consist of about 16 flowers . The broadly egg-shaped, orange-brown bracts are 18 to 25 millimeters long and 6 to 10 millimeters wide. The bright scarlet flowers are greenish at their mouth. They stand on 25 to 30 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 to 37 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of about 7 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals have slightly spread tips. They are not grown together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe inyangensis is common in Zimbabwe . Aloe inyangensis var. Inyangensis grows on Inyangani Mountain and on the border with Mozambique on rocks at altitudes of 1825 to 2560 meters. Aloe inyangensis var. Kimberleyana is only found on Inyangani Mountain at altitudes of 1220 to 1900 meters and grows in damp places on rocks and hanging from cliffs.
The first description by Hugh Basil Christian was published in 1936. A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Aloe inyangensis var. Inyangensis
- Aloe inyangensis var. Kimberleyana S. Carter
Aloe inyangensis var. Kimberleyana
The differences to Aloe inyangensis var. Inyangensis are: The shoots are up to 1 meter long. Their branches are more robust. The leaves are thick and fleshy. They are up to 40 inches long and 2.5 inches wide.
The first description of this variety was in 1996 by Susan Carter . The specific epithet kimberleyana honors Rose and Mike Kimberley, who accompanied Susan Carter on their tour through the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.
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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. 137-138 .
- Leonard E. Newton: Aloe helenae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 148 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 118.
- ↑ 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. 137-138 .
- ↑ Flowering Plants of South Africa Volume 26, 1936, Plate 640.
- ^ Susan Carter: New Aloe Taxa in the Flora Zambesiaca Area . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 51, Number 4, 1996, pp. 777-785 ( JSTOR 4119733 ).
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 126.
