Aloe richaudii
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Aloe richaudii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet richaudii honors the French gardener Philippe Richaud, who grew the plants in his greenhouses.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe richaudii grows without a trunk, branches out from the base and forms clumps of five to six rosettes . The approximately 18 lanceolate leaves are upright and spread out. Your bluish green leaf blade is 30 inches long and 8 inches wide. The pointed, yellow teeth on the yellow edge of the leaf are about 2 millimeters long and about 8 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has one or two branches and reaches a length of 32 centimeters. The dense, heady grapes are 4.5 to 5 inches long and 6.5 to 7 inches wide. The hanging flowers open from the tip of the grape downwards. The egg-shaped, white bracts have a length of 8 to 9 millimeters and are 3 to 5 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, yellow flowers are on 16 to 18 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are extended to 10 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe richaudii is found 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 Norbert Rebmann was published in 2008.
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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. 251 .
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.
- ^ Norbert Rebmann: In: International Cactus Adventure . Number 79, 2008, pp. 8-11.