Aloe musapana
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Aloe musapana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet musapana refers to the occurrence of the species on the Musapa mountain in Zimbabwe.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe musapana grows trunk-forming, is branched from the base or above and forms dense groups. The mostly hanging trunk reaches a length of up to 20 centimeters and is 1 centimeter thick. The roughly ten linear-pointed leaves are arranged in two rows on the shoots. The dark green leaf blade is 30 to 40 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. There are occasional white spots on it near the base. The underside of the leaf is covered with many off-white, lens-shaped spots near the base. Tiny, cartilaginous, white marginal teeth are only formed near the base of the leaf.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 30 to 40 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are 15 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 6 millimeters wide. The scarlet, occasionally bright orange flowers are light green at their mouth. They stand on 20 millimeter long flower stalks , are 28 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above it they are extended to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe musapana is common in Zimbabwe on steep rocky surfaces at altitudes of 1900 to 2060 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1964.
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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. 133 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe musapana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 162 .