Aloe lettyae
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Aloe lettyae is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet lettyae honors the plant painter Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895–1985).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe lettyae grows easily and without trunk. The approximately 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is up to 45 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. It is covered with many elongated, cloudy white spots. On the underside of the leaf, the spots are more indistinct and larger and form transverse bands. The brownish teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has eight to twelve branches and reaches a length of 175 to 200 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The loose, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The deltoid pointed bracts have a length of 12 to 15 millimeters. The pink flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 38 to 42 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 to 11 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 6 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe lettyae is widespread in the South African province of Limpopo in an area east of Polokwane in tall grass or between bushes on slopes at altitudes of about 1000 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1937.
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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. 193 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe lettyae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 152 .