Aloe pustuligemma
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Aloe pustuligemma is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet pustuligemma is derived from the Latin words pustula for 'pustule' and gemma for 'bud' and refers to the pustular surface of the flower buds.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe pustuligemma grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base. The initially upright or ascending trunk reaches a length of up to about 40 centimeters, then becomes prostrate over time and up to 150 centimeters long. The lanceolate leaves, which are 30 to 40 centimeters below the top of the trunk, form a rosette . The cloudy green, slightly rough leaf blade is up to 32 inches long and 8.5 inches wide. The firm, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 7 to 11 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has eight to nine branches and reaches a length of 56 to 65 centimeters. The rather dense grapes are cylindrical. Terminal grapes are 13 to 21 centimeters long, lateral ones reach a length of 4 to 17 centimeters. The triangular bracts are 11 to 13 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The light pink flowers are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . They are 27 to 28 millimeters long and have an inverted conical base. Their tips are edged white, the surface of the flower is puffed up. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 4.5 millimeters and finally widened again to 5 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 to 16 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 7 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe pustuligemma is common in Kenya on grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs at altitudes of 1370 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1994.
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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. 605 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe pustuligemma . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 173 .
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. 99.
- ^ Leonard Eric Newton: Four new species of Aloe in Kenya . In: British Cactus & Succulent Journal . Volume 12, Number 2, 1994, pp. 53-54.