Aloe orlandi
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Aloe orlandi is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet orlandi honors Giuseppe Orlando, who collected the plants in Somaliland in 2003.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe orlandi has no trunk, branches and forms small clumps. The roots are fleshy and up to 10 millimeters thick. Shoots, leaves and the entire inflorescence are very downy hairy. The four to nine deltoid-pointed leaves are erect, spread out, have recurved tips and form rosettes . Their bluish green leaf blades are 6 to 9 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. When exposed to intense sunlight, it turns purple. The leaves are covered with irregularly arranged whitish spots. The white, cartilaginous teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 3 to 4 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 35 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are up to 17 centimeters long and consist of up to 40 flowers. The white bracts are 6 to 7 millimeters long. The cylindrical, greenish-yellow to yellowish-white flowers are often tinged with pink at their base. They stand on 5 to 7 millimeters long, horizontally spread flower stalks . The flowers are 15 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 4 to 5 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 4 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe orlandi is common in Somalia in the Sanaag region on dry, stony plains at an altitude of 1740 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 2006.
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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. 212 .
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.
- ↑ John J. Lavranos: Aloe orlandi. A surprising discovery from the horn of Africa . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 78, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2006, pp. 62-65 ( doi : 10.2985 / 0007-9367 (2006) 78 [62: AOASDF] 2.0.CO; 2 ).
Web links
- Photo of Aloe orlandi