Aloe murina
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Aloe murina is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet murina comes from Latin , means 'concerning the mouse' and refers to the mouse-gray color of the inflorescence.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe murina grows stemless or short stem-forming and is simple. The creeping trunk reaches a length of up to 15 centimeters. The 15 to 20 lanceolate leaves form a rosette . The dark green, sometimes reddish tinged leaf blade is 30 to 40 centimeters long and 5 to 10 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is rough. The stinging, brown teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 7 to 12 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is very light yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has up to 13 branches and reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The loose grapes are 5 to 20 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The triangular bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The cloudy, brownish- red flowers are densely frosted with white and appear reddish-gray as a result. They stand on 11 millimeter long flower stalks , are 25 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 to 11 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe murina is widespread in Kenya in the Rift Valley province on humus pockets on rocky slopes at an altitude of 1500 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1992.
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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. 324 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Murina . 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: The identity of Aloe archeri Lavranos (Liliaceae / Aloaceae) . In: Taxon . Volume 41, Number 1, 1992, pp. 31-33.