Aloe affinis

Aloe affinis
	Aloe affinis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe affinis
Scientific name
	Aloe affinis
	A. Berger

Aloe affinis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet affinis comes from Latin , means 'related' and refers to an assumed, but inapplicable relationship with Aloe zebrina .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe affinis grows easily and in a stem-forming manner. The approximately 20 arched, upright leaves form dense rosettes . The green leaf blade is darkly lined lengthways. It is 30 to 45 inches long and 9 to 11 inches wide. The horny, reddish-brown leaf margins protrude. The pricking teeth on the leaf margin are 5 to 8 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is pale yellow when dry.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of five to ten branches and reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are up to 25 centimeters long. The narrow deltoid bracts have a length of 15 millimeters. The cloudy brick-red flowers are on 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 45 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 to 10 millimeters. Above this, they are suddenly tapered to 5 to 6 millimeters, then bent slightly and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe affinis is common in the South African province of Mpumalanga on rocky slopes in grassland and bushveld at altitudes of 1200 to 2000 meters.

The first description by Alwin Berger was published in 1908.

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. 186 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe affinis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 107-108 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 4.
↑ Alwin Berger: Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae . In: Adolf Engler (ed.): The plant kingdom. Regni vegetablilis conspectus . Issue 33, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 206 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Aloe affinis - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe affinis on the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 4.

[2] Alwin Berger: Liliaceae-Asphodeloideae-Aloineae . In: Adolf Engler (ed.): The plant kingdom. Regni vegetablilis conspectus . Issue 33, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 206 ( online ).