Aloe nyeriensis
Aloe nyeriensis
Aloe nyeriensis is a flowering plant in the genus Aloe (Aloe ).
Description
Aloe nyeriensis is a shrub-like growing, evergreen succulent plant that reaches the plant height 1-3 meters. The shoot axis branches directly to the base or slightly above, the side shoot axes stand upright and are 4.5 to 7 cm thick. The fresh leaves are pushing at the top of the page Sprossachse, including sit dry, dead leaves which then fall even further below and the bare stem to make visible. The leaf blade is lanceolate and up to 55 cm long and up to 8 cm wide. Towards the base are broader leaves. The spreading are fleshy and gray - green color. Young leaves are often spotted on both sides, the edge is brown speckled. At the edge of the sheet sit forward -facing teeth that are 3-4 mm long and are at a distance of 10 to 12 mm. The sheets are filled with a yellowish aqueous juice.
The upright inflorescence is 50-80 cm long, it is divided into three to six highly curved branches, of which the lowest weiterverzweigen often. Each branch carries an 8 to 20 cm long, cylindrical to capitate, paniculate inflorescence part, which is reached a diameter of 7 cm and densely covered with flowers. The bracts are lanceolate to oval and 6-9 mm long and 3-4 mm wide; they are dull - brown with darker veins and feel securities. The flower stalks are 10 to 20 mm long. The hermaphrodite flowers are triple. The three free sepals are slightly curved outward. The three bright scarlet petals are often shiny, speckled green at the base and cylindrical fused with a length of 35 to 40 mm and a diameter of about 7 mm. The stamens extend out from the perianth. The stylus is yellow.
The short- stalked, black - brown, oval capsule fruits are 16-19 mm long and about 9 mm wide. The dark brown, about 8 mm long and 3 mm wide seed carry broad, pale wings.
Occurrence
This species is endemic to Kenya. Stocks were in Laikipia District 29 km east of Nyahururu and Nyeri District found in near Naro Moro. Two other small stocks can be found at the Ngobit Bridge 50 km northeast of Nyeri and the Suguroi Bridge 45 km east of Nyahururu.
Aloe nyeriensis grows on rocky soils in the savanna, often in association with acacia (Acacia ) at altitudes 1760-2100 meters.
Botanical history
Aloe nyeriensis was first described in 1952 by Hugh Basil Christian. The holotype is in the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Causeway, Harare, formerly Salisbury, Zimbabwe ( SRGH ) and comes from the Nyeri district, 39 kilometers north of Nyeri.
Gilbert Westacott Reynolds 1953 described another specimen from the holding of the Ngobit Bridge as its own kind, the author of the Flora of Tropical East Africa did not follow this view, however. Aloe ngobitensis now applies nyeriensis as a synonym of Aloe.
Peter Edward Brandham discovered in 1957 near the Suguroi Bridge is a natural hybrid between Aloe and Aloe graminicola nyeriensis with yellow flowers.