Aloe brevifolia

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

Aloe brevifolia is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet brevifolia is derived from the Latin words brevis for 'short' and -folius for 'leafed'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe brevifolia grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms dense clumps. The 30 to 40 lanceolate-deltoid leaves form dense rosettes . Your glauke leaf blade is 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. On the underside of the leaf there are some soft thorns that are arranged in a center line or they are distributed irregularly in the upper third. There is a solid end mandrel at the tip of the blade . The whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 40 centimeters. The rather dense, conical grapes are 15 inches long and 7 inches wide. The ovate-lanceolate bracts have a length of 15 millimeters. The bright vermilion flowers are on 15 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 38 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 3 to 4 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus protrude 5 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Distribution area

Aloe brevifolia var. Depressa

Aloe brevifolia var. Postgenita

Aloe brevifolia is widespread in the open bushland in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

The first description by Philip Miller was published in 1768. Aloe perfoliata var. Δ L. (1753) is a synonym .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Aloe brevifolia var. Brevifolia
Aloe brevifolia var. Depressa (Haw.) Baker
Aloe brevifolia var. Postgenita (Schult. & Schult. F.) Baker

Aloe brevifolia var. Brevifolia is
a synonym for Aloe prolifera Haw. (1804).

Aloe brevifolia var. Depressa
The differences to Aloe brevifolia var. Brevifolia are: the approximately 60 leaves are 12 to 15 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is smooth or with somewhat warty spots in the upper half. The peripheral teeth are 2 to 4 millimeters long. The inflorescence reaches a height of 60 centimeters. The bracts are about 15 millimeters long. The 40 millimeter long, fiery red flowers are on stems up to 20 millimeters long.

The first description as Aloe depressa by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804. John Gilbert Baker presented the species as a variety to the species Aloe brevifolia in 1880 . Synonyms are Aloe prolifera var. Ζ L. (1753) and Aloe serra DC. (1799) and Aloe brevifolia var. Serra (DC.) A.Berger (1908).

Aloe brevifolia var. Postgenita
In contrast to Aloe brevifolia var. Ballii , the leaves of this variety are 10 to 13 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide.

The first description as Aloe postgenita by Joseph August and Julius Hermann Schultes was published in 1830. The species was also placed by John Gilbert Baker as a variety to the species Aloe brevifolia in 1880 . Aloe prolifera var. Major Salm-Dyck (1817) is synonymous .

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. 398-399 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe brevifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 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. 31.
^ Philip Miller: The Gardeners Dictionary . 8th edition, 1768, without page numbers, number 8 ( online , errata ).
^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 16 ( doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.1804.tb00276.x ).
↑ ^a ^b J. G. Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1881, p. 160 ( online ).
↑ Caroli a Linné… Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis . Volume 7, Part 2, 1830, p. 1714 ( online ).

Web links

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Aloe brevifolia var. Brevifolia in the Red List of South African Plants
Aloe brevifolia var. Depressa 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. 31.

[2] Philip Miller: The Gardeners Dictionary . 8th edition, 1768, without page numbers, number 8 ( online , errata ).

[3] Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 16 ( doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.1804.tb00276.x ).

[baker-4] J. G. Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1881, p. 160 ( online ).

[5] Caroli a Linné… Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis . Volume 7, Part 2, 1830, p. 1714 ( online ).