Aloe namorokaensis
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Aloe namorokaensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet namorokaensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Namoroka National Park on Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe namorokaensis grows without a stem or with a short stem. The approximately nine lanceolate leaves form a loose rosette . The dark green leaf blade is 25 to 35 inches long and 3 inches wide. The deltoid teeth on the narrow, reddish leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 6 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sheaths are 3 inches long.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 30 centimeters. The rather dense grapes are 10 centimeters long. The reddish bracts have a length of up to 10 millimeters. The bright vermilion flowers are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . They are 25 to 30 millimeters long and slightly curved. Above the ovary , the flowers are narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
fruit
The fruits are short, cylindrical berries with a length of 15 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe namorokaensis is found in Madagascar in damp cracks in limestone rocks.
The first description as Lomatophyllum namorokaense by Werner Rauh was published in 1998. In the same year Leonard Eric Newton and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in the genus Aloe .
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. 253 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe namorokaensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 163 .
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. 97.
- ^ Werner Rauh: Three new species of Lomatophyllum and one new Aloe from Madagascar . In: Bradleya . Volume 16, 1998, p. 94.
- ^ Leonard Eric Newton, Gordon Douglas Rowley: New transfers from Lomatophyllum to Aloe (Aloaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 16, 1998, p. 114.