Aloe powysiorum
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Aloe powysiorum is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet powysiorum honors J. Gilfrid L. Powys (1938–2017) and his wife Patricia G. Powys.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe powysiorum grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and above and is occasionally dichotomously branched towards the tip . The hanging trunk reaches a length of up to 180 centimeters and is 12 centimeters thick. The triangular leaves form a dense rosette . The light green, lightly frosted leaf blade is up to 55 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. The white teeth on the edge of the leaf are 1 millimeter long and 1 to 8 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The slightly ascending, almost horizontal, simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 92 centimeters. The dense grapes are up to 48 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The triangular, whitish bracts have a length of 11 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The bulbous, salmon-red flowers are lighter at their mouth and stand on 5 to 6 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 32 to 36 millimeters long and have an inverted conical base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 millimeters. Above it they are expanded to the middle and finally narrowed to 6.5 to 7 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 11 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out up to 10 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe powysiorum is common in northern Kenya on rocky surfaces and steep, rocky slopes at altitudes of 1600 to 1970 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton and Henk Jaap Beentje was published in 1990.
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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. 517 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe powysiorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 171 .
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. 98.
- ^ Leonard E. Newton, Henk J. Beentje: Two new pendulous Aloes from Kenya . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Vol 62, Number 5, 1990, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, pp. 252-255.