Aloe mubendiensis
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Aloe mubendiensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet mubendiensis refers to the occurrence of the species at Mubende in Uganda.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe mubendiensis grows without a stem or with a short stem, sprouts and forms large groups. The approximately 16 lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy gray-green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 30 to 35 centimeters long and 6.5 centimeters wide. Occasionally there are a few elongated, lenticular, whitish spots. They are rare on the underside of the leaf. The reddish brown and lighter-tipped teeth on the slightly pinkish, cartilaginous leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellowish when dry.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of eight branches and reaches a length of 70 to 90 centimeters. The lower branches are sometimes also branched. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are about 10 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. Lateral grapes have one-sided flowers. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of 3 to 4 millimeters and are 2 to 3 millimeters wide. The dark brick-red flowers, which are lighter at their mouth, stand on 10 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 to 9 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe mubendiensis is widespread in western Uganda from Mubende to Fort Portal on granite rocks at altitudes of 1220 to 1370 meters.
The first description by Hugh Basil Christian was published in 1942.
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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. 442 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe mubendiensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 161-162 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 158.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 8, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1942, pp. 172-173, plate 5.
