Aloe wanalensis
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Aloe wanalensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet wanalensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Wanale ridge of Mount Elgon .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe wanalensis grows in a stem-forming manner. The hanging trunk reached a length of up to 3 meters and is 4.5 centimeters thick. Occasionally adventitious roots are formed along the trunk . The tip of the trunk is slightly curved upwards. The 20 to 28 soft, pliable leaves form a rosette . Young leaves are erect and spread out, narrowly lanceolate, pointed and curved downwards at their tips. Older leaves are often curved sickle-shaped. The mid-green leaf blade , slightly yellowish green towards its center, is up to 65 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The soft, forward-pointing, green, red-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 10 to 14 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry and cloudy yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has three to nine branches and reaches a length of 70 to 80 centimeters. The ascending, loose, cylindrical grapes are 18 inches long and 7 inches wide. Non-terminal grapes are a little shorter. The deltoid-pointed, brown bracts have a length of 4 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, coral-red flowers turn yellow towards their mouth and stand on 19 to 21 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 29 to 33 millimeters long and blunt at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this they are very slightly narrowed and finally widened to 8 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 11 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 to 3 millimeters out from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe wanalensis is widespread in Uganda on the Wanale ridge of Mount Elgon on steep slopes and cliff surfaces.
The first description by Thomas C. Cole and Thomas G. Forrest was published in 2011.
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literature
- Thomas C. Cole, Thomas G. Forrest: Two New Aloe Species From Uganda . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 83, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2011, pp. 28-38 ( doi: 10.2985 / 0007-9367-83.1.28 ).