Aloe tulearensis
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Aloe tulearensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet tulearensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Tuléar in Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe tulearensis grows trunk-forming, is very branched from the base and forms large groups. The prostrate to almost upright trunks reach a length of up to 150 centimeters and are 2 to 3 centimeters thick. The 15 to 20 elongated leaves form rosettes . The leaves narrow to a pointed, bent back tip. Their pale blue , violet-red tinged leaf blades are 30 to 40 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. The pointed, deltoid, red teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The orange-yellow leaf juice dries yellowish brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has up to twelve branches and reaches a length of 40 to 50 centimeters. The lowest branch is branched again. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 8 to 15 centimeters long. The deltoid, white bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The short, bell-shaped, red, pale cream-colored tipped flowers are on 4 to 6 millimeters long, dark purple pedicels . The flowers are 18 to 20 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Your outer tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand 2 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe tulearensis is distributed in Madagascar in the province of Toliara in areas on the coast on limestone at heights of about 90 meters.
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. 606 .
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: A costal and a montane new species of Madagascan Aloe . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 79, Number 3, 2007, pp. 126-130.
Web links
- Photos of Aloe tulearensis
- Herbarium evidence