Aloe abyssicola

Aloe abyssicola
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe abyssicola
Scientific name
	Aloe abyssicola
	Lavranos & Bilaidi

Aloe abyssicola is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet abyssicola is derived from the Latin words abyssus for 'deepening' and -cola for 'inhabiting' and refers to the habitat of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe abyssicola grows stemless or with very short stems, is solitary and hanging. The up to 50 leaves form rosettes . The cloudy green leaf blade is 50 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide. The upper side of the leaf is flat and becomes runny towards the tip. The blunt, hard, dark teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 35 to 40 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of five to six short branches and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. It grows downwards and only the tips of the grapes are curved upwards. The peduncle is yellow-green and the grapes are loose. The ovate-lanceolate bracts have a length of 7 to 8 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The yellow-green flowers are on 8 to 9 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally expanded to 8 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens protrude 3 millimeters from the flower. The stylus does not stick out.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe abyssicola is common in Yemen on the Jabal Al-Arays on the walls of rocky cliffs at heights of about 900 meters. The species is known from the type location.

The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and AS Bilaidi was published in 1971.

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. 347 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe abyssicola . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 107 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 1.
^ John Jacob Lavranos, AS Bilaidi: Notes on the succulent flora of north east Africa and southern Arabia: 3. Two new species from the Southern Yemen . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 43, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1971, pp. 204-208.

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

[2] John Jacob Lavranos, AS Bilaidi: Notes on the succulent flora of north east Africa and southern Arabia: 3. Two new species from the Southern Yemen . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 43, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1971, pp. 204-208.