Aloe aufensis

Aloe aufensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe aufensis
Scientific name
	Aloe aufensis
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Aloe aufensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet aufensis refers to the occurrence of the species on Mount Jebel Auf in Saudi Arabia.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe aufensis grows individually and without trunk. The approximately 20 spread out, lanceolate leaves form rosettes . The light green leaf blade is 50 centimeters long and 14 centimeters wide. The white, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 13 to 22 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is orange-yellow. It dries yellowish brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The upright inflorescence consists of up to five branches and reaches a length of up to 130 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are 60 to 70 centimeters long. The white bracts have a length of 23 millimeters and are 5 to 7 millimeters wide. The club-shaped, orange-colored flowers have a yellow mouth and stand on dark green, wax-covered, 8 to 9 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 35 to 40 millimeters long. At their widest point, the flowers have a diameter of 10 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 24 to 27 millimeters. The yellow stamens protrude 12 to 13 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 10 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe aufensis is common in Saudi Arabia on the top of Mount Jebel Auf at altitudes of 2000 meters in an area with very high summer temperatures.

The first description by Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2007.

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. 351 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 87.
^ Tom A. McCoy: Three new species of aloes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In: Excelsa . Number 21, 2007, pp. 1-6.

[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 87.

[2] Tom A. McCoy: Three new species of aloes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In: Excelsa . Number 21, 2007, pp. 1-6.