Aloe luapulana
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Aloe luapulana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet luapulana refers to the occurrence of the species in the province of Luapula in Zambia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe luapulana grows easily and without trunk. The approximately 16 egg-shaped narrowed leaves form a compact rosette . The light green, indistinctly striped leaf blade is 30 to 50 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters wide. The underside of the leaf is grayish green and more clearly striped. The stinging, brownish-tipped teeth on the cartilaginous leaf margin are 1 to 4 millimeters long and 8 to 20 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence has up to about six branches and reaches a length of about 100 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 15 to 25 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts are 4 to 5 millimeters long and 3.5 millimeters wide. The coral-red, slightly frosted flowers become yellowish at the mouth and stand on flower stalks around 7 millimeters long . They are 28 to 33 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 to 9 millimeters. Above this, they are narrowed to about 5 millimeters and finally expanded very slightly towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 13 to 15 millimeters. The stamens and the style stick out about 6 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe luapulana is common in the north of Zambia between rocks and on termite mounds at altitudes of 1150 to 1280 meters.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1972.
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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. 329 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe luapulana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 154 .
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: Two new species of Aloe (Liliaceae) from Zambia . In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 38, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1972, pp 185-188.