Aloe lepida
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Aloe lepida is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet lepida comes from Latin , means 'graceful' and refers to the appearance of plants.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe lepida grows trunk-forming and is branched from the base. The upright trunk reaches a length of 25 to 30 centimeters. The ovoid, narrowed leaves form a compact rosette . The yellowish green leaf blade is 20 to 28 inches long and 7.5 to 9 inches wide. It is covered with white spots that form wavy transverse bands. On the underside of the leaf, the spots are smaller and more numerous. The piercing, often hooked, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 7 millimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has one to two branches and reaches a length of 30 to 50 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical, pointed grapes are about 20 centimeters long and 7 to 8 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, pointed, whitish bracts have a length of 6 to 7 millimeters and are 3 to 3.5 millimeters wide. The bright orange-red, somewhat yellowish-striped flowers are on 15 to 20 millimeter long peduncles . They are 25 to 29 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 5.5 millimeters. Above that they are narrowed to about 4 millimeters and finally widened to about 6 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 to 6 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe lepida is common in Angola's Huambo province on rocky slopes in the shade of trees. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1974.
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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. 555 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe lepida . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 152 .
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. 95.
- ^ Leslie C. Leach: Notes on the Aloes of S. Tropical Africa with four new species and a new variety . In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 40, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1974, pp. 102-106.