Aloe rendilliorum
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Aloe rendilliorum is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet rendilliorum refers to the Rendille ethnic groupin Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe rendilliorum grows trunk-forming and branched. The trunks are erect for about 30 centimeters, then become prostrate and reach a length of 100 centimeters. The triangular, rough leaves form rosettes on the top 20 centimeters of the trunks . Their dark green leaf blades are 35 inches long and 4 to 4.5 inches wide. There are some white spots on both sides of young leaves. The firm, red-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright inflorescence is simple or usually has up to five branches. It reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The cylindrical grapes are 11 to 22 centimeters long. The lanceolate-pointed bracts have a length of 15 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The flowers , which are dull pink at their base, are dull pink above with a dark center line. They stand on 10 millimeter long, cloudy red flower stalks . The flowers are 19 to 20 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 4 millimeters. Above that they are narrowed and finally widened to 6 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out from the flower up to 5 millimeters.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe rendilliorum is common in Kenya in the Marsabit District on rocks at an altitude of 1375 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton 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. 595 .
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 E. Newton: Aloe rendilliorum. A new species in northern Kenya . In: Bradleya . Volume 24, 2006, pp. 107-110.