Aloe rupicola
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Aloe rupicola is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet rupicola is derived from the Latin words rupes for 'rock' and -cola for 'inhabiting' and refers to the habitat of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe rupicola grows trunk-forming, is simple or branched from the base. The upright trunk reaches a length of up to 5 meters and is 10 to 12 centimeters thick. The approximately 40 lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette . The green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 40 to 45 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. Your top four inches will usually dry up soon. The piercing, reddish-brown teeth on the leaf margin are 4 to 5 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sap dries pale yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has three to eight branches and reaches a length of 70 to 90 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 15 to 18 inches long and 8 to 9 inches wide. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 9 millimeters long and 5 millimeters wide. The orange-red flowers are on 12 millimeter long peduncles . They are 42 millimeters long and very short at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. They are slightly expanded beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 21 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 3 millimeters out from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe rupicola is common in Angola on rocky hills at altitudes of 1780 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1960.
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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. 683 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe rupicola . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 176 .