Aloe schoelleri
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Aloe schoelleri is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet schoelleri honors the German ethnologist Max Schoeller .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe schoelleri grows trunk-forming, is simple or forms small groups. The prostrate or drooping trunk reaches a length of 30 to 100 centimeters and is about 8 centimeters thick. The 25 to 40 spread, bent back, deltoid leaves form a rosette . The gray-green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 40 to 52 centimeters long and 9 to 14 centimeters wide. The deltoid teeth on the reddish leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 50 to 80 millimeters apart. The leaf sap dries reddish brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or rarely has a branch and reaches a length of 50 to 80 centimeters. The very dense, conical-cylindrical grapes are 30 to 45 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts are 18 to 24 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters wide. The yellow to pale pink-orange flowers are on 3 to 5 millimeter long peduncles . They are 26 to 32 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 8 millimeters in diameter. They are then narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 12 to 14 millimeters out of flowering.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe schoelleri is common in Eritrea on cliffs at altitudes of 2100 to 2600 meters.
The first description by Georg Schweinfurth was published in 1894.
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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. 516 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe schoelleri . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 178 .
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.
- ↑ Georg Schweinfurth: Collection of Arabic-Ethiopian plants. Results from trips in 1881, 88, 91, 92 and 94 . In: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier . Volume 2, Appendix 2, 1894, pp. 107-109 ( online ).