Aloe luntii
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Aloe luntii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet luntii honors the British gardener William Lunt (1871–1904) from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
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Vegetative characteristics
Aloe luntii grows trunk-forming, sprouts and forms small groups. The trunks reach a length of up to 30 centimeters. The seven to eight sword-shaped, pointed leaves are initially arranged in two rows and later in rosettes on the shoot. The gray to brownish, frosted leaf blade is about 30 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is rough. There are no teeth on the leaf margin.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has four to five branches. The loose grapes consist of single-sided flowers. The bracts have a length of 3 to 4 millimeters. The cloudy red to coral pink, conspicuously frosted flowers are on 4 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are 26 to 28 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are slightly narrowed and finally expanded again towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 11 to 12 millimeters. The stamens protrude 4 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe luntii is distributed in the southeast of Yemen on stony limestone hills at altitudes of 1000 to 2100 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1894. Aloe luntii is related to Aloe inermis .
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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. 593 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe luntii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 154 .