Aloe nuttii
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Aloe nuttii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet nuttii honors the missionary W. Harwood Nutt who worked in Zambia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe nubigena grows trunk-forming, is simple or sprouts and then forms groups of up to 20 rosettes . The trunks reach a length of up to 20 centimeters and are 5 centimeters thick. The linear, pointed leaves form a rosette of leaves . The green, sometimes indistinctly lined leaf blade is 40 to 50 centimeters long and 1.5 to 2 centimeters wide. On it, especially on the underside of the leaf, there are usually a few cloudy, light greenish spots near the base. The cartilaginous, white leaf margin is 0.5 to 1 millimeter wide. The soft, white teeth on the edge of the leaf are about 1 millimeter long and become insignificant towards the tip of the leaf.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 60 to 80 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 15 to 25 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The ovate-pointed bracts are 15 to 20 millimeters long and 8 to 9 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The peach-red, strawberry-red or salmon-pink flowers are on 30 to 35 millimeter long peduncles . They are 38 to 42 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe nuttii is common in Angola , Tanzania , Zaire , Zambia and Malawi on grasslands, often on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1450 to 2650 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1897.
Synonyms are Aloe brunneo-punctata Engl. & Gilg (1903), Aloe corbisieri De Wild. (1921) and Aloe mketiensis Christian (1940).
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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. 145 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe nuttii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 164 .