Aloe castanea

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

Aloe castanea is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet castanea comes from Latin , means 'chestnut' and refers to the maroon color of the nectar.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe castanea grows trunk-forming, is branched near the base and occasionally again above it and forms ten to 20 crowns. The trunk is 3 to 4 meters high. The tapering leaves form dense rosettes . The glauke leaf blade is 100 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. The hooked teeth on the thin, light brownish-red leaf margin are 1.5 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The usually crooked, simple inflorescence reaches a length of 1.5 to 2 meters. The dense, narrow, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are 70 to 100 centimeters long. The ovate-pointed bracts are 12 millimeters long and 8 millimeters wide. The bell-shaped, reddish brown flowers are on 3 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 18 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above that, they are expanded to 15 millimeters at the tip. Your outer tepals are (almost) not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand 12 to 15 millimeters out of flowering.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe castanea is found in South Africa in the Gauteng province , in the north of the Mpumalanga province and in the south of the Limpopo province on slopes as well as forest and bushland, often in open, flat landscapes at altitudes of 1000 to 1800 meters.

The first description by Selmar Schönland was published in 1907.

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. 674 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe castanea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 122-123 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 42.
^ Record of the Albany Museum . Volume 2, 1907, p. 138.

Web links

Commons : Aloe castanea - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe castanea 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. 42.

[2] Record of the Albany Museum . Volume 2, 1907, p. 138.