Aloe kulalensis
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Aloe kulalensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet kulalensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Kulal , a mountain in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe kulalensis grows trunk-forming and branches from the base. The spread or drooping trunks are up to 200 centimeters long and 2.15 centimeters thick. The 20 to 25 triangular, loosely arranged leaves are about 1 centimeter apart. The medium green leaf blade is 18 to 25 inches long and 1.8 to 3 inches wide. The colorless teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 2 to 13 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a length of up to 32 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 2.5 to 15 centimeters long. The triangular bracts have a length of 5 to 6 millimeters and are 1 millimeter wide. The scarlet, yellow-tipped flowers are on 8 to 10 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above it, they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally expanded to 6 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 13 millimeters. The stamens and stylus protrude 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe kulalensis is distributed in northern Kenya on the Kulal Mountain on steep slopes and rock faces at an altitude of 1585 to 1890 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton and Henk Jaap Beentje was published in 1990.
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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. 490 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ketabrowniorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 150 .
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, Henk J. Beentje: Two new pendulous Aloes from Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 62, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1990, pp. 251-252.