Aloe lolwensis

Aloe lolwensis
	Aloe lolwensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe lolwensis
Scientific name
	Aloe lolwensis
	LENewton

Aloe lolwensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet lolwensis refers to the occurrence of the species at Lake Victoria , whichis called Lolwe in the Luo language .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe lolwensis grows stemless, branches out from the base and forms dense clumps. The approximately 30 upright to slightly spreading lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette . The glossy medium green leaf blade is up to 50 inches long and 11 inches wide. The piercing, green, reddish brown pointed teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 12 to 15 millimeters apart. The brownish yellow leaf sap dries pale brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The upright inflorescence has seven to nine branches and reaches a length of up to 130 centimeters. The lowest of them are branched again. The rather dense grapes are cylindrical. Terminal grapes are up to 20 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The rest are 6 to 15 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed, pale brown bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The bright coral red flowers are on 6 to 7 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 to 33 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above it, they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally expanded to 7 millimeters below the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 13 to 14 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 5 to 10 millimeters out of flowering.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe lolwensis is found in Kenya on grasslands with scattered bushes at altitudes of 1220 to 1550 meters.

The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 2001.

proof

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. 454 .

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.
^ Leonard E. Newton: Notes on Kenyan aloes: a new record and a new species . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 73, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2001, p. 156.

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[1] 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.

[2] Leonard E. Newton: Notes on Kenyan aloes: a new record and a new species . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 73, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2001, p. 156.