Aloe camperi
Aloe Camperi
Aloe Camperi is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet honors Camperi Manfredo Camperio, an inhabitant of Eritrea.
- 3.1 Literature
- 3.2 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe Camperi growing stem -forming, sprouts from the base and sometimes forms groups of 1 to 2 meters in diameter. The upright, spreading or prostrate stems are up to 100 inches long and 6 to 10 inches long wide. The 12 to 16 triangular, recurved leaves form rosettes and are persistent in the top 10 to 20 centimeters of tribes. The dark green leaf blade is 50 to 60 inches long and 8 to 12 inches wide. Sometimes on the leaf surface lenticular spots are few dull white, available. The pungent, brownish reddish teeth on the leaf margin are 3-5 millimeters long and are 10 to 20 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of six to eight branches and reaches a length of 70 to 100 centimeters. The lower branches are sometimes branched addition. The dense, cylindrical clusters are 6-9 inches long and 6-7 inches wide. The deltoids bracts have a length of 2 mm and as wide. The cylindrical- clavate, orange to yellow flowers on 12 to 18 millimeters long pedicles. You can reach a length of 20 to 22 mm. The flowers are 25 to 30 millimeters long and short narrowed at its base. At the level of the ovary, the petals have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Moreover, they are expanded to 11 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 7 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 2-4 mm from the flower.
Genetics
The chromosome number is.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe Camperi is widespread in Eritrea and Ethiopia to vacancies in valleys at altitudes from 1400 to 2530 meters.
The first description by Georg Schweinfurth was published in 1894.
Synonyms are Aloe abyssinica Salm- Dyck (1817, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 53.1 ), Aloe spicata Baker (1896, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 53.1 ), Aloe albopicta hort. ex A. Berger (1908), Aloe eru A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f erecta hort. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f glauca hort. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f maculata hort. ex A.Berger (1908), Aloe eru f parvipunctata hort. ex A.Berger (1908 ) and Aloe eru cornuta var A.Berger (1908 ).