Aloe miskatana
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Aloe miskatana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet miskatana refers to the occurrence of the species on the Al Miskat in Somalia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe miskatana grows tree-shaped, is single or branched from the base. The upright trunks reach a length of up to 200 centimeters. The leaves are lanceolate and pointed. Their medium green leaf blades are 30 to 36 inches long and 3 to 7 inches wide. There are scattered whitish spots on the leaf surface. They are denser on the underside. The triangular, forward-facing teeth on the whitish, cartilaginous leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 3 to 9 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries pale purple-brown. It smells like mice.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence consists of seven to 18 horizontally spread branches and reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rather loose grapes are 4 to 12 inches long and 5 inches wide. The lanceolate bracts have a length of up to 5 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, triangular, pale yellow flowers have greenish tips and are about 7 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 to 27 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 9 millimeters. The stamens extend up to 2 mm and the pen protrudes out 6 to 8 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe miskatana is common in Somalia on the east end of the mountainous area of Al Miskat on rocky slopes at an altitude of 1460 to 1525 meters.
The first description by Susan Carter was published in 2006.
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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. 651 .
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.
- ^ Susan Carter: A new species of Aloe from northeast Somalia . In: Nordic Journal of Botany . Volume 24, Number 3, 2006, pp. 245-247 ( doi: 10.1111 / j.1756-1051.2004.tb00837.x ).
Web links
- Herbarium evidence of aloe miskatana