Aloe eminens
Aloe eminens is a plant of the genus of aloes in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet eminens comes from the Latin and means outstanding '.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe eminens growing stem -forming and is irregularly branched. The upright stems are up to 15 meters in length and capable at their base a diameter of 15 centimeters. The 16 to 20 triangular- obtuse, deep rinnigen and recurved leaves form rosettes. The dull green leaf blade is 40 to 45 inches long and 5-8 inches wide. The leaf surface is smooth. The dull, white teeth on the narrow, white, cartilaginous leaf edge are 2-3 millimeters long and are 3 to 5 millimeters apart. At the blade tip, they are small and insignificant. At the top 4-5 centimeters but heaped tiny short teeth are present.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of three to five branches and is 50 to 60 inches long. The fairly dense, cylindrical, tapering grapes are 16 inches long and 8-9 inches wide. The deltoids bracts have a length of 6 mm and 3 mm wide. The red flowers are in 10 millimeters long pedicles. The flowers are 40 mm long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary, they have a diameter of 12 millimeters. In addition they are slightly narrowed towards its mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 32 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 3-5 mm from the flower.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Aloe eminens is widespread in Somalia on wooded slopes at altitudes from 1550 to 1830 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds and Peter René Oscar Bally was published in 1958. A synonym is Aloidendron eminens ( Reynolds & probally ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).
Aloe is eminens in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie Threatened classified.