Aloe latens
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Aloe latens is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet latens comes from Latin , means 'hidden' and alludes to the fact that the species, hidden in the dense vegetation, remained undiscovered for a long time.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe latens grows in a stem-forming manner. The numerous hanging or prostrate trunks reach a length of up to 250 centimeters and are 1 centimeter thick. The ten to 20 spreading leaves are lanceolate. The shiny, light green leaf blade is 17 inches long and 3 inches wide. The reddish-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 5 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The clear leaf juice remains clear when dry.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or rarely has a branch. It reaches a length of 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 16 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide. The obovate, pointed bracts have a length of 9 millimeters and are 6 millimeters wide. There are numerous white spots on the orange flowers . They stand on 18 millimeter long, orange-colored flower stalks . The flowers are 40 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 13 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 2 to 2.5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe latens is common in Tanzania on Mount Meru on steep sides of channels in rock conglomerates at an altitude of 1500 meters.
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. 479 .
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 specimens of aloe latens