Aloe turkanensis
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Aloe turkanensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet turkanensis refers to the occurrence of the species Turkana District in Kenya.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe turkanensis grows trunk-forming, is sparsely branched from the base and forms clumps with a diameter of up to 2 meters. The ascending trunk is up to 45 centimeters long. Over time it becomes prostrate and is then up to 70 centimeters long. The 14 to 18 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The cloudy green, occasionally slightly bluish frosted leaf blade is up to 70 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. There are a few elongated, light green spots on it. On the underside of the leaf they are often more numerous and more or less arranged in transverse bands. The leaf surface is smooth. The whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 12 to 18 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has up to eight branches and reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rather dense grapes consist of single-sided flowers, are 15 to 26 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, finely-pointed bracts are 5 to 7 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. The red to orange-red, slate-gray tipped flowers are on 8 to 9 millimeter long peduncles . They are 25 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 to 9 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 6.5 to 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 to 11 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 6 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
In Kenya and Uganda, Aloe turkanensis is mostly found in the shade of bushes in dry areas at altitudes of 915 to 1500 meters.
The first description by Hugh Basil Christian was published in 1942.
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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. 610 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe turkanensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 187 .