Aloe schelpei
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Aloe schelpei is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet schelpei honors the South African botanist Edmund André Charles Lois Eloi Schelpe (1924–1985), who collected the type specimen.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe schelpei grows trunk-forming, branches from the base and above and forms dense groups. The prostrate trunk reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters and is 5 to 6 centimeters thick. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a rosette . The glauke , bluish tinged leaf blade is 45 centimeters long and 10 to 12 centimeters wide. There are occasionally several light green to cream colored lenticular spots near the base. The deep green underside of the leaves usually has several spots near the base. The firm, reddish-pink, lighter-pointed teeth on the striking reddish-pink edge of the leaf are 2 to 3 millimeters long and about 15 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries dark brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has a branch and reaches a length of 50 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical-conical grapes are 6 to 9 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 5 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The orange-red flowers are a little lighter at their mouth and stand on 13 to 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are slightly narrowed and finally slightly expanded towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 4 millimeters out from the flower.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Aloe schelpei is common in Ethiopia in the grasslands on steep slopes at altitudes of 2130 to 2350 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1961.
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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. 573 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe schelpei . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 177 .