Aloe multicolor
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Aloe multicolor is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet multicolor is derived from the Latin words multi- for 'many' and color for 'color' and refers to the multicolored flower envelope of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe multicolor grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base. The initially upright, up to 100 centimeters long trunks become prostrate over time and then reach a length of up to 200 centimeters. The triangular leaves form a rosette , which is persistent to about 20 centimeters below the tip of the shoot. The medium green, occasionally tinged reddish leaf blade is 36 to 70 centimeters long and 6.5 to 10 centimeters wide. On it there are white spots near the base, which, as a rule, form longitudinal lines near the center line. The leaf surface is smooth. The firm, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are up to 4 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has five to eight branches and reaches a length of 60 to 75 centimeters. Occasionally the lower branches are branched again. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 5 to 11 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed, whitish bracts have a length of 10 to 11 millimeters and are 6 to 7 millimeters wide. The flowers are carmine red at their base. The outer tips are carmine red with orange-red edges, the inner tips are yellow and have whitish edges. The club-shaped flowers are on 11 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . They are 22 to 25 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 4 to 5 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are narrowed to 3.5 to 4 millimeters and finally widened to 5 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 14 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 4 to 6 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe multicolor is common in the north of Kenya in the open dry bush and between rocks at heights of 960 to 1250 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1994.
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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. 622 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe multicolored . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 162 .
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.
- ^ Leonard E. Newton: Four new species of Aloe in Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 12, Number 2, 1994, pp. 51-52.