Aloe morijensis

Aloe morijensis
	Aloe morijensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe morijensis
Scientific name
	Aloe morijensis
	S. Carter & Brandham

Aloe morijensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet morijensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Morijo in Kenya.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe morijensis grows in a stem-forming manner and is mainly branched from the base. The almost upright and spreading shoots reach a length of up to 100 centimeters and are 1.5 centimeters thick. The ovoid, narrowed leaves are scattered along the shoots. The bright green leaf blade is up to 17 inches long and 3 inches wide. There are a few elongated, bright spots on it. The underside of the leaf is darker green and more spotted. The leaf surface is smooth. The green to brownish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 5 millimeters long and 5 to 15 millimeters apart. The striped, fibrous leaf sheaths are up to 2 inches long. Leaf sap is missing.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or has one or two branches. It reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The conical, pointed grapes are up to 20 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-deltoid, awn-pointed bracts have a length of up to 15 millimeters and are 8 millimeters wide. The orange-red flowers , which turn yellow towards the tips, are on 20 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 28 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 14}$

Systematics and distribution

Aloe morijensis is common in southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania on rocky slopes in grassy bushland at altitudes of around 2500 meters.

The first description by Susan Carter and Peter Edward Brandham was published in 1979.

proof

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. 543 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe morijensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 161 .

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, Peter E. Brandham: Two new species of Aloe from Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 41, Number 1, 1979, pp. 3-4.

[1] 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.

[2] Susan Carter, Peter E. Brandham: Two new species of Aloe from Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 41, Number 1, 1979, pp. 3-4.