Aloe Burgersfortensis

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

Aloe burgersfortensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet burgersfortensis refers to the occurrence of the species near the South African town of Burgersfort .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe burgersfortensis grows without a trunk, is solitary or sprouts and then forms small to large groups. The ten to 20 triangular, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is 35 to 40 centimeters long. The upper side of the leaf is brownish green with elongated, scattered, white spots, which are arranged in more or less wavy transverse bands. The underside is lighter glauk- green, not spotted and somewhat lined. The brown, stinging teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 14 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of four to nine arching upright branches and reaches a length of 100 to 130 centimeters. The loose or rather dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 20 to 35 centimeters (rarely up to 40 centimeters) long. The egg-shaped, pointed bracts are slightly longer than the flower stalk. The cloudy reddish, frosted flowers are slightly striped white in the upper half. Occasionally they also turn orange towards the mouth. They stand on 10 to 15 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this they are narrowed to 5 millimeters and finally widened to 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 burgersfortensis is found in the South African province of Mpumalanga on sandy soils and usually in the shade of trees at altitudes of 1000 to 1400 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1956.

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. 184 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Burgersfortensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 120 .

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 2, number 1, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1936, pp. 31-34.

Web links

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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. 34.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 2, number 1, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1936, pp. 31-34.