Aloe mayottensis
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Aloe mayottensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet mayottensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the island of Mayotte .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe mayottensis grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base and above. The trunks reach a length of 50 centimeters and are 3 to 4 centimeters thick. The approximately 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a rosette . The green leaf blade is 40 to 50 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. The light yellow to light brown teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has three to four branches and reaches a length of about 100 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are up to 20 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The flowers are on approximately 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are 25 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. They are very slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 14 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe mayottensis is common in the Comoros in the shade of hills.
The first description by Alwin Berger was published in 1908.
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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. 609 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe mayottensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 157 .
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. 96.
- ↑ Alwin Berger: Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae . In: Adolf Engler (ed.): The plant kingdom. Regni vegetablilis conspectus . Issue 33, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, pp. 256-257 ( online ).