Aloe leedalii

Aloe leedalii
Systematics
Monocots Order : Asparagales (Asparagales) Family : Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae) Subfamily : Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae) Genre : Aloes ( aloe ) Type : Aloe leedalii
Scientific name
Aloe leedalii
S. Carter

Aloe leedalii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet leedalii honors the British geologist and priest G. Philip Leedal (1927–1962).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe leedalii grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms dense groups. The linear leaves form rosettes . The green leaf blade is up to 30 centimeters long and about 1 centimeter wide. The white, cartilaginous teeth on the edge of the leaf are tiny and densely packed together.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The more or less dense cylindrical grapes are 5 to 8 inches long. The egg-shaped, pointed, orange-brown bracts are 15 to 20 millimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters wide. The bright orange-colored, green-tipped flowers stand on flower stalks about 25 millimeters long . They are 25 to 30 millimeters long and have an inverted conical base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 to 6 millimeters, above they are slightly narrowed and slightly widened towards the mouth. Your tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Aloe leedalii is common in Tanzania in the Kipengere Mountains and the Ishinga steep slope between rocks in cracks and on ledges at altitudes of 2130 to 2950 meters.

The first description by Susan Carter was published in 1994.

Aloe kilifiensis is in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered.

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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. 123 .
• Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe leedalii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 152 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 134.
2. ^ Susan Carter: Flora of Tropical East Africa. Aloaceae . 1994, pp. 9-11.
3. ↑ Aloe kilifiensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2012. Posted by: the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants, 2009. Accessed October 17, 2012th

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• Herbarium evidence