Aloe kwasimbana
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Aloe kwasimbana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet kwasimbana is derived from the Swahili words kwa for 'place des' and simba for 'lion' and is reminiscent of the killing of a lion by the collector of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe kwasimbana grows trunk-forming and shrubby, is extended or upright. The trunks reach a length of up to 150 centimeters and are 2 to 3 centimeters thick. They are covered with the remains of dead leaves. The twelve to 15 deltoid-pointed leaves form rosettes . The dark green leaf blade is 45 inches long and 3 inches wide. The deltoid, red teeth on the cartilaginous leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The brownish yellow leaf sap dries brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The laterally appearing inflorescences consist of ten or more branches and reach a length of 30 to 40 centimeters. The rather dense, heady grapes are up to 10 centimeters long. The deltoid bracts are 5 to 8 millimeters long. The shiny orange flowers are finely speckled with white and stand on 10 to 12 millimeter long, orange pedicels . The flowers are 25 to 28 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe kwasimbana is common in Tanzania on granite rock humps at an altitude of 830 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy and John Jacob Lavranos 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. 506 .
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.
- ^ Tom McCoy, John Lavranos: Four interesting new species of Tanzanian Aloes . In: Aloe . Volume 44, Number 2, 2007, pp. 50-53.
Web links
- Herbarium evidence of aloe kwasimbana