Aloe betsileensis

Aloe betsileensis
	Aloe betsileensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe betsileensis
Scientific name
	Aloe betsileensis
	H.Perrier

Aloe betsileensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet betsileensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Betsileo .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe betsileensis grows solitary and without trunk. The 20 to 30 (rarely up to 50) triangular leaves , slightly twisted towards the tip, form dense rosettes . The cloudy green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 30 to 40 centimeters long and 7 to 9 centimeters wide. The reddish, stinging teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.

Inflorescences and flowers

In young plants, the simple inflorescence reaches a height of 60 centimeters. Older plants have three to five branches and the inflorescence becomes 70 to 100 centimeters and more high. The very dense, cylindrical grapes are 30 to 35 centimeters long and 4 to 5 centimeters wide. The sitting flowers are arranged in 13 spirally twisted rows. The reddish, ovate-blunt, fleshy bracts have a length of 8 to 10 millimeters and are 6 to 8 millimeters wide. The slightly bell-shaped, yellow flowers have orange tips, are 15 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 7 millimeters. Towards the mouth, the flowers are enlarged to 9 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens protrude 3 to 4 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 5 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe betsileensis is common in Madagascar in rocky grasslands at altitudes of 800 to 1400 meters.

The first description by Henri Perrier de La Bâthie was published in 1926.

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. 323 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe betsileensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 115 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 25.
^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 48.

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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. 25.

[2] H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 48.