Aloe serriyensis
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Aloe serriyensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet serriyensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the village of Serriya in Yemen.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe serriyensis grows without a trunk and usually forms small groups. The narrowed leaves form a rosette . The green, occasionally brownish, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 30 to 35 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters wide. The horny, blunt, dark brown teeth on the leaf margin are small and 20 to 40 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has two to three branches and reaches a length of 40 centimeters. The loose, conical grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long. The deltoid bracts have a length of 8 to 10 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The scarlet pink , powdery, frosted flowers stand on 10 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 27 millimeters long and narrowed at the base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 to 9 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe serriyensis is widespread in Yemen in wooded valleys at altitudes of around 300 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1965.
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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. 256 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe serriyensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 179 .