Aloe macrocarpa
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Aloe macrocarpa is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet macrocarpa is derived from the Greek words makros for 'large' and karpos for 'fruit' and refers to the large fruits of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe macrocarpa grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simple or sprouting and then forms small groups. The shoots reach a length of up to 30 centimeters. The 16 to 20 lanceolate to lanceolate narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The green leaf blade is 20 to 40 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. There are many cloudy white or light greenish spots on it, which are irregular or arranged in transverse bands. The leaf surface is smooth. The light brown teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has three to five branches and reaches a length of 80 to 100 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 15 to 20 inches long and 6 inches wide. The bracts have a length of 8 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 25 to 35 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 to 7 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe macrocarpa is common in Benin , Cameroon , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Ghana , Mali , Nigeria , Sudan and Djibouti on grasslands between rocks at heights of 400 to 2000 meters.
The first description by Agostino Todaro was published in 1875.
Synonyms are Aloe commutata Engl. (1892), Aloe macrocarpa var. Major A. Berger (1908), Aloe edulis A. Chev. (1920) and Aloe harteri Schnell (1953, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1).
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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. 173 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe macrocarpa . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 155 .