Aloe polyphylla

Aloe polyphylla
	Aloe polyphylla
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe polyphylla
Scientific name
	Aloe polyphylla
	Schönland ex Pillans

Aloe polyphylla (also known as Spiralaloe ) is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet polyphylla is derived from the Latin words poly for 'many' and phyllus for '-blättrig'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe polyphylla grows without a stem or with a very short stem, is solitary or forms dense groups. The approximately 150 egg-shaped, elongated, pointed leaves are arranged in five spiral rows. The gray-green leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 6 to 10 inches wide. At the top it is dry and turns deep purple. On the underside, in the upper third near the edge, there are one to two light green to white keels. The leaf surface is smooth. The firm, light green teeth on the leaf margin are 5 to 8 millimeters long and 2 to 12 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of three to eight branches and reaches a length of 50 to 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 12 to 15 inches long and 10 inches wide. The lanceolate-deltoid, pointed, fleshy bracts have a length of about 4 to 6 millimeters. The light red to salmon pink flowers are on 4 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . They are 45 to 55 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are expanded to a diameter of about 10 millimeters. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

The number of chromosomes is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 14}$

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Aloe polyphylla is widespread in the west of Lesotho in the Maloti Mountains on steep basalt slopes at altitudes of 2250 to 2500 meters.

The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1934.

Aloe polyphylla is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species .

proof

literature

Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 440 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe polyphylla . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 170-171 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 189.
^ South African Gardening . Volume 24, 1934, p. 267.
↑ Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed October 19, 2012).

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 189.

[2] South African Gardening . Volume 24, 1934, p. 267.

[3] Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed October 19, 2012).