Aloe tartarensis
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Aloe tartarensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet tartarensis refers to the occurrence of the species at the Tartar waterfall in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe tartarensis grows trunk-forming, is solitary or branched, sometimes with one or two branches from the base. The hanging trunks reach a length of up to 200 centimeters and are 5 centimeters thick. The 12 to 15 drooping, lanceolate, crescent-shaped, crescent-shaped leaves form loose rosettes . Your glauke leaf blade is up to 70 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The deltoid, forward-facing teeth on the reddish cartilaginous leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The yellow leaf sap remains dry yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The crooked, usually pendulous inflorescence has seven to ten branches and reaches a length of up to 75 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rising, loose grapes are up to 23 centimeters long. The brownish bracts have a length of 4.5 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The red flowers are yellowish at their mouth and hang on 20 millimeter long, reddish-brown flower stalks . The flowers are 25 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 to 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe tartarensis is widespread in Kenya west of Kapenguria on cliff surfaces.
The first description by Thomas A. McCoy and John Jacob Lavranos was published in 2007.
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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. 521 .
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. 101.
- ↑ Tom McCoy, John Lavranos: Two significant new aloes from Kenya . In: CactusWorld . Volume 25, Number 4, 2007, pp. 209-213.
Web links
- Photos of Aloe tartarensis