Aloe jibisana
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Aloe jibisana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet jibisana refers to the occurrence of the species on the Jibisa mountain in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe jibisana grows trunk-forming and branched at and near the base. Upright trunks reach a length of up to 45 centimeters, while lying down can be up to 150 centimeters long. The lanceolate leaves are scattered along the stems. They are persistent over a length of 60 centimeters or more. The cloudy green, slightly waxy leaf blade is up to 14 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. There are scattered whitish spots on the underside of the leaf, especially on the leaves near the base of the stem. The piercing, whitish, red-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 6 to 8 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence is simple or forms a branch. It reaches a length of up to 25 centimeters. The almost dense grapes are cylindrical and consist of 20 to 25 flowers. Terminal grapes are 8 inches long and 4 to 6 inches wide, the rest are up to 3 inches long. The triangular, long, pointed bracts are 5 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide at their base. The yellow flowers have green tips and are on 10 to 11 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 20 millimeters long and very short at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are narrowed to 6 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe jibisana is widespread in Kenya on rock ledges at heights of about 1370 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 2007.
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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. 476 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 94.
- ^ Leonard E. Newton: Aloe jibisana (Asphodelaceae), a new species from an isolated north Kenya mountain . In: Haseltonia . Number 12, 2006, pp. 19-21.