Aloe branddraaiensis

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

Aloe branddraaiensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet branddraaiensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Branddraai in the South African province of Mpumalanga.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe branddraaiensis grows stemless and usually simply. The 20 to 25 lanceolate, pointed leaves form rosettes and are occasionally almost two-lined or twisted somewhat in a spiral. The green leaf blade is about 35 inches long and 8 to 10 inches wide. On its surface there are numerous, cloudy white longitudinal lines and many irregular, somewhat H-shaped whitish spots. The light brown, bent back teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of numerous branches and reaches a length of 100 to 150 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The heady grapes are 3 to 6 inches long, 7 inches wide and consist of about 15 flowers. The deltoid pointed bracts have a length of 8 millimeters. The flowers are dull scarlet at the base and lighter at the mouth. They stand on 20 millimeter long flower stalks . The flower stalks on the side grapes are shorter. The flowers are 27 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5.5 millimeters. Above it, they are narrowed to 3.5 millimeters and finally expanded to 6 millimeters at the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe branddraaiensis is widespread in the South African province of Mpumalanga on rocky hills between grass and in the shade of bushes at altitudes of around 1000 meters.

The first description by Barend Hermanus Groenewald was published in 1940.

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. 183 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe branddraaiensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 116-117 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 30.
↑ Flowering Plants of South Africa , Volume 20, 1940, plate 761.

Web links

Aloe branddraaiensis in 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. 30.

[2] Flowering Plants of South Africa , Volume 20, 1940, plate 761.