Aloe omoana
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Aloe omoana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet omoana refers to the occurrence of the species near the source areas of the Omo in Ethiopia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe omoana grows singly and without a stem or with a very short stem. The trunks reach a length of up to 10 centimeters. The 16 to 20 linear-lanceolate leaves are spread out with a pointed tip that is bent back. Their cloudy green leaf blade , in the bent back part it is shiny green, is 65 centimeters long and 8.5 centimeters wide. The bright red, forward-facing teeth on the leaf margin are 5 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart. The yellow leaf sap remains dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The almost upright to oblique inflorescence consists of up to seven ascending branches and reaches a length of 120 centimeters. The almost dense, cylindrical grapes are up to 15 centimeters long. In Bud they are one-sided. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 2 millimeters and are 1 millimeter wide. The yellow or red flowers are on 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe omoana is common in Ethiopia near the source areas of the Omo on basalt deposits at an altitude of 1840 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy and John Jacob Lavranos 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. 374 .
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 McCoy, John Lavranos: Two new species of Ethiopian Aloes . In: CactusWorld . Volume 25, Number 3, 2007, pp. 137-140.