Aloe bulbillifera

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

Bulbils developed on the inflorescence

Aloe bulbillifera is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The epithet bulbillifera is derived from the Latin words bulbilla for, bulbils 'and fer for wear' and refers to the formed on the inflorescence bulbils.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe bulbillifera grows solitary and without a trunk, or in the shade with a short trunk and side shoots that arise from the base. Its 24 to 30 pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The green leaf blade is 40 to 60 inches long and 8 to 10 inches wide. The fixed teeth on the leaf edge are 15 millimeters long and get smaller towards the leaf tip. They are 10 to 20 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry deep orange to purple in color.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence , which overhangs to the side and is often lying on the ground, reaches a length of 2 to 2.5 meters. It consists of up to 30 branches, of which the lowest are up to 1 meter long and form up to twelve secondary branches. Arise in the branches below the grapes axils of bracts sterielen bulbils . The loose, cylindrical and pointed grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long. The deltoid bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on 8 to 10 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 5 millimeters. Above this, the flowers are slightly narrowed and widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. 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 bulbillifera is common in Madagascar .

The first description by Henri Perrier de La Bâthie was published in 1926. A distinction is made between the following varieties :

• Aloe bulbillifera var. Bulbilifera
• Aloe bulbillifera var. Paulianae Reynolds

Aloe bulbillifera var. Paulianae
The differences to Aloe bulbillifera var. Bulbillifera are: There are about 20 leaves. The peripheral teeth are cloudy white and 3 millimeters long. The inflorescence becomes 2 meters long and consists of eight to twelve compact branches in the upper quarter, of which the lowest are up to 30 centimeters long and form eight to twelve secondary branches. The bulbils arise on the shaft below the lowest branches. The bracts are ovate-pointed, 4 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide.

The first description of the variety by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1955.

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. 364-365 .
• Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe bulbillifera . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 119-120 .

Individual evidence

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. ^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 22.
3. ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 22, 1955, p. 26.

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