Aloe bukobana

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

Aloe bukobana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet bukobana refers to the occurrence of the species at Buboka in Tanzania.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe bukobana grows without a trunk, sprouts abundantly and forms small, dense groups. The approximately 16 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is 30 inches long and 8 inches wide. The cloudy green upper side is slightly frosted, the lower side is gray-green. The firm, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry yellow.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of up to ten branches and reaches a length of 70 to 90 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The very loose, narrow, conical-cylindrical grapes are 30 to 40 centimeters long. The deltoid-pointed bracts have a length of 4 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The cloudy scarlet flowers are lighter at their mouth and stand on 12 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 to 35 millimeters long and rounded or briefly narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters. They are slightly expanded beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens project 1 to 2 millimeters, of the stylus 3 millimeters from the flower out.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe bukobana is common in northwestern Tanzania , Rwanda and Burundi on sandstone hills and rock deposits at altitudes of 1150 to 1470 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds 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. 317 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bukobana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 119 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 34.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 20, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1954, pp. 169-171.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 34.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 20, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1954, pp. 169-171.