Aloe ruspoliana
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Aloe ruspoliana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ruspoliana honors the Italian explorer and collector Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893), who collected the type specimen.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ruspoliana grows without a stem or with a short stem, sprouts and forms groups that are sometimes large. The ascending or prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The approximately 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The yellowish green leaf blade is 50 to 60 inches long and 12 inches wide. A few lenticular white spots are occasionally present on it near the base. The leaf surface is smooth. The teeth on the edge of the leaf are up to 0.5 millimeters long and are 5 to 8 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is very light yellow and almost colorless.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has more than twelve branches and reaches a length of more than 150 centimeters. The dense, heady grapes are 2 to 4 inches long and 5 inches wide. The deltoid-pointed bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The yellow flowers are on 5 millimeter long peduncles . They are 16 to 20 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above that they are expanded to about 6 to 7 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 to 8 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ruspoliana is common in Ethiopia , Kenya and Somalia on dry, rocky places in the deciduous bush at heights of 400 to 950 meters.
The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1898. Synonyms are Aloe stephaninii Chiov. (1916) and Aloe jex-blakeae Christian (1942).
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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. 460 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ruspoliana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 177 .