Aloe milne-redheadii
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Aloe milne-redheadii is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet milne-redheadii honors the British botanist Edgar Milne-Redhead (1906–1996) from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe milne-redheadii grows without a stem or with a short stem, sprouts and forms small to large groups. The approximately 16 to 20 ovate-lanceolate, pointed leaves form a dense rosette . The brownish green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is up to 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. It is usually covered with numerous spots that form wavy transverse bands. The brownish teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has one to seven branches and reaches a length of 50 to 90 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on flower stems about 18 millimeters long . They are 30 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 slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe milne-redheadii is widespread in Angola and Zambia on rock deposits at altitudes of 1220 to 1375 meters.
The first description by Hugh Basil Christian was published in 1940.
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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. 439 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe milne-redheadii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 160 .