Aloe tewoldei

Aloe tewoldei
	Aloe tewoldei
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe tewoldei
Scientific name
	Aloe tewoldei
	MG Gilbert & Sebsebe

Aloe tewoldei is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet tewoldei honors the Ethiopian botanist Tewolde-Bergan Gebre-Egziabher .

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Vegetative characteristics

Aloe tewoldei grows in a stem-forming manner. The spreading to hanging shoots reach a length of up to 50 centimeters and are 0.6 centimeters thick. The oblong, lanceolate, semi-stemmed leaves are scattered along the shoots. The gray-green, indistinctly spotted leaf blade is up to 13.5 centimeters (rarely up to 23 centimeters) long and 1.5 to 2 centimeters (rarely up to 2.2 centimeters) wide. The white teeth on the edge of the leaf are about 0.5 millimeters long and 2 to 3 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

Section from an inflorescence

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of about 30 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are about 27 centimeters long. The bracts have a length of about 4 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The glaucous orange flowers are pointed greenish and stand on peduncles about 12 millimeters long . They are 20 millimeters long, have a diameter of 7 millimeters and are trimmed at their base. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 4 to 5 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe tewoldei is common in the south of Ethiopia on areas of limestone cliffs.

The first description by Michael George Gilbert and Sebsebe Demissew was published in 1997.

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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. 475 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe tewoldei . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 184-185 .

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.
^ MG Gilbert, Sebsebe Demissew: Further notes on the genus Aloe in Ethiopia and Eritrea . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 52, number 1, 1997, p. 143.

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[1] 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.

[2] MG Gilbert, Sebsebe Demissew: Further notes on the genus Aloe in Ethiopia and Eritrea . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 52, number 1, 1997, p. 143.