Aloe babatiensis

Aloe babatiensis
	Aloe babatiensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe babatiensis
Scientific name
	Aloe babatiensis
	Christian & I.Verd.

Aloe babatiensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet babatiensis refers to the presumed occurrence of the species in Babati .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe babatiensis grows trunk-forming, is branched and forms dense bushes. The upright or spreading trunk - occasionally it is prostrate - reaches a length of more than 1 meter and a diameter of 5 centimeters. About 24 lanceolate and pointed leaves form a dense rosette . The leaves are persistent over a length of 30 centimeters. The olive-green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 25 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is slightly shiny. The reddish brown teeth on the leaf margin are 4 to 5 millimeters long and about 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a height of 65 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrically-tapered grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts, which were brick at the time of budding, are 30 millimeters long and 15 millimeters wide. The salmon pink flowers are on 20 to 25 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 38 to 40 millimeters long and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above and widened towards the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 to 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out from 1 to 3 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe babatiensis is distributed in Tanzania on exposed rocks at altitudes of 1700 to 2100 meters.

The first description by Hugh Basil Christian and Inez Clare Verdoorn was published in 1954.

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. 627 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe babatiensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 113 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 21.
↑ Bothalia . Volume 6, Number 2, 1954, pp. 440-442. ( PDF )

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. 21.

[2] Bothalia . Volume 6, Number 2, 1954, pp. 440-442. ( PDF )