Aloe lanata
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Aloe lanata is a plant from the genus of aloe ( Aloe ) in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet lanata (= woolly) goes back to the densely woolly flowers.
description
Aloe lanata grows in a single rosette without a stem, which occasionally splits into 2 to 3 rosettes. The up to 30 gray-green leaves are up to 30 centimeters wide and 95 centimeters long at the base. At the leaf margins there are piercing 5 millimeters wide and 4 millimeters long brownish red pointed triangular teeth. The juice in the leaves is dark yellow and turns light yellow when it dries up.
The up to 190 centimeters high and upright inflorescence is branched up to ten times and has dense racemose partial inflorescences with a length of up to 45 centimeters. The brownish green inflorescence stalk is covered with a waxy coating. The stem has a diameter of 45 millimeters at the base and branches out roughly in the middle. The branches are covered with white, sterile bracts . The broad, triangular and pointed bracts are up to 14 millimeters long and are white, streaked with brown veins, colored. The green flower stalks are downy and up to 10 millimeters long. The woolly flower shell is covered with pale golden hair and is up to 40 millimeters long. It is colored red, turning yellow towards the opening and has a diameter of 9 millimeters in the area of the ovary and up to 20 millimeters at the opening. The yellow stamens protrude 4 millimeters from the corolla together with the anthers. The scar protrudes 5 millimeters. The yellowish green ovary is up to 10 millimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Aloe lanata grows on rocky areas of granite at the southern end of the great Yemen highlands at an altitude of more than 2000 meters.
The plants were first discovered by Tom McCoy in January 2000. Based on vegetative characteristics, a relationship to Aloe splendens was assumed. However, the plant becomes much larger than this species in all parts and grows in a completely different environment.
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.