Aloe neoqaharensis
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Aloe neoqaharensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet neoqaharensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Jebel Qahar in Saudi Arabia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe neoqaharensis grows shrubby, is stem-forming and branched from the base. The trunks reach a length of up to 220 centimeters and are 6 centimeters thick. The 14 to 20 ascending-upright leaves are lanceolate and pointed. Your gray-green leaf blade is 50 to 60 inches long and 7 to 8 inches wide. There are some spots on the underside of the leaf near the leaf base. The white teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence consists of one or two branches and reaches a length of 140 centimeters. The almost dense, cylindrical grapes are up to 50 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed, white bracts have a length of 2 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, triangular, reddish orange flowers have greenish tips and stand on 1 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 3 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe neoqaharensis is common in Saudi Arabia on the summit of Jebel Qahar at an altitude of 2100 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2007.
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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. 582 .
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.
- ^ Tom A. McCoy: Three new species of aloes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In: Excelsa . Number 21, 2007, pp. 1-6.