Aloe penduliflora
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Aloe penduliflora is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet penduliflora is derived from the Latin words pendulus for 'drooping' and -florus for '-blütig'.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe penduliflora grows trunk-forming, branches at or just above the base and forms clumps of up to 2 meters in diameter. On deep soils the trunk is upright, on shallow soils it climbs apart. The trunk up to 130 inches long and 3 inches wide. It is covered with the persistent remains of dead leaf bases. The lanceolate to somewhat sword-shaped leaves form loose rosettes and are arranged below the shoot tips on about 30 to 40 centimeters. The mid-green or bluish frosted leaf blade is up to 41 centimeters long and 7.5 centimeters wide. Few scattered whitish spots are present on young shoots. The leaf surface is smooth. The hooked, white-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 16 to 25 millimeters apart. The light yellow leaf sap is dry brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to five branches and reaches a length of 26 to 40 centimeters (rarely up to 47 centimeters). The lowest branches are occasionally also branched. The inflorescence is basally descending and then bent upwards in a U-shape. The dense, almost capped grapes are 5 to 18 inches long and 8 inches wide. The lanceolate pointed bracts have a length of up to 10 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The yellow, rarely red flowers are on 15 to 22 millimeter long peduncles . They are 30 to 33 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9.5 to 10 millimeters, above they are narrowed to 8 millimeters. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 to 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Aloe penduliflora is found in Kenya on rocky slopes, sometimes in partial shade on the edge of bushes, at heights of 645 to 900 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1888.
Aloe penduliflora is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered.
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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. 501 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe penduliflora . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 168 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 181.
- ^ John Gilbert Baker: New or Noteworthy Plants . In: The Gardeners' Chronicle . 3rd episode, Volume 4, 1888, p. 178 ( online ).
- ↑ Aloe penduliflora in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants, 2009. Accessed October 17, 2012th
Web links
- Photos of Aloe penduliflora