Aloe scabrifolia
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Aloe scabrifolia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet scabrifolia is derived from the Latin words scabrum for 'rough' and -folius for 'leafy' and refers to the rough leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe scabrifolia grows trunk-forming and branches only sparsely from the base. The trunk is upright to a length of about 30 centimeters, then becomes prostrate and up to 120 centimeters long and 3 to 4 centimeters thick. The up to 25 lanceolate, slightly sickle-shaped leaves form a loose rosette . The cloudy green to gray-green leaf blade is up to 55 inches long and 10 to 12.5 inches wide. There are few to numerous elliptical white spots on it. The leaf surface is rough. The hooked, white teeth on the narrow, white edge of the leaf are up to 2 millimeters long and 7 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf sap dries brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The ascending inflorescence has up to twelve branches and reaches a length of up to 140 centimeters. The loose grapes are 30 to 45 centimeters long and consist of single-sided flowers. The triangular bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 2 to 3 millimeters wide. The cloudy red , lighter-edged flowers stand on 5 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally expanded to 7 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 13 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe scabrifolia is widespread in the east of Kenya in the open acacia bush at altitudes of 1000 to 1630 meters.
The first description by Leonard Eric Newton and John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1990.
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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. 597 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe scabrifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 177 .
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. 100.
- ^ Leonard Eric Newton, John Jacob Lavranos: Two new Aloes from Kenya, with notes on the identity of Aloe turkanensis. In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 62, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1990, pp. 219-221.