Aloe weloensis
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Aloe weloensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet weloensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Welo flora area in Ethiopia .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe weloensis grows without a trunk, is solitary or sprouting and then forms small clumps. The up to 35 leaves form a rosette . The leaf blade is 20 to 45 inches long and 5 to 10 inches wide. There are greenish white spots on it. The brownish tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries yellow.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has four to six branches and reaches a length of 55 to 150 centimeters. The cylindrical grapes are 15 to 25 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide. The white, ovate-pointed bracts have a length of 2 to 5 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The pink flowers are on 10 to 13 millimeter long peduncles . They are 21 to 23 millimeters long and slightly swollen and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 5 to 6 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 to 11 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe weloensis in Ethiopia in a limited area outside Dese towards Addis Ababa in the region of Amhara in Welo - Flore area spread. It grows on roadsides and disturbed places at altitudes of 2,440 to 2,500 meters.
The first description by Sebsebe Demissew was published in 2011.
Hazards and protective measures
Due to the insufficient number of this type of population, the IUCN lists it in the Data Deficient category (insufficient data). The threats of this species include the conversion of their habitat into arable land and pastures. To protect the species, it is grown in culture.
proof
literature
- Sebsebe Demissew, Ib Friis, Tesfaye Awas, Paul Wilkin, Odile Weber, Steve Bachman, Inger Nordal: Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 66, number 1, 2011, p. 117 ( DOI: 10.1007 / s12225-011-9263-2 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: an update on epithets used in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 29, 2011, p. 181.
- ↑ Aloe weloensis in the Red List of Endangered Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Weber, O. & Sebsebe Demissew, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2014.