Aloe aculeata

Aloe aculeata
	Aloe aculeata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe aculeata
Scientific name
	Aloe aculeata
	Pole Evans

Aloe aculeata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodillaceae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet aculeata comes from Latin , means 'prickly' and refers to the prickly leaf surface.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe aculeata usually grows individually, has no trunk or forms a creeping trunk up to 70 centimeters in length. Its approximately 30 lanceolate, narrow, arched, upright, inwardly curved leaves form a dense rosette . The cloudy green to blue leaf blade is up to 60 centimeters long and 8 to 12 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is covered with scattered, reddish-brown spines. The stinging, reddish brown teeth on the leaf margin are 5 to 6 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a height of 1 meter. The peduncle is deep brown. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 40 to 60 inches long and 7 inches wide. The deltoid-pointed bracts are turned back, have a length of 10 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The lemon-yellow flowers have green-orange-colored veins on their tips and stand on 2 to 3 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 25 to 40 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 14 millimeters. The brownish stamens have orange-colored anthers and protrude 15 millimeters from the flower. The orange stylus protrudes 18 millimeters.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe aculeata is common in Zimbabwe and in the South African province of North Cape on rocky or stony mountain slopes in hot semi-arid areas.

The first description by Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans was published in 1915.

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. 368 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe aculeata . 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. 3.
^ IB Pole Evans: Descriptions of Some New Aloes from the Transvaal . In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 4, number 1, 1915, p. 34 ( DOI: 10.1080 / 00359191509519712I ).

Web links

Commons : Aloe aculeata - collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe aculeata on the Red List of South African Plants
Photo of Aloe aculeata with flowers

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

[2] IB Pole Evans: Descriptions of Some New Aloes from the Transvaal . In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 4, number 1, 1915, p. 34 ( DOI: 10.1080 / 00359191509519712I ).