Aloe castellorum

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

Aloe castellorum is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet castellorum comes from Latin , means 'castle' and refers to the occurrence of the species in the historical fortress mountains.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe castellorum grows easily and without trunk. The sword-shaped, pointed leaves form rosettes . The yellow-green leaf blade is 30 centimeters long and 3.5 centimeters wide. The light brown teeth on the leaf margin are small and about 6 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or consists of one to three (rarely four) branches. It reaches a length of 1 to 1.5 meters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are about 35 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, small-pointed bracts are about 10 millimeters long and 6 millimeters wide. The yellow, green-veined flowers are on approximately 5 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are about 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe castellorum is common in northwestern Yemen and southeastern Saudi Arabia on exposed westward-facing slopes with frequent mists at altitudes of 1400 to 2400 meters.

The first description by John Richard Ironside Wood was published in 1983.

Aloe hijazensis Lavranos & Collen is a synonym . (2000).

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. 250 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe castellorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 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.
↑ JRI Wood: 1983 The Aloes of the Yemen Arab Republic . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 38, Number 1, 1983, pp. 25-26.
^ John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 23-24.

[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] JRI Wood: 1983 The Aloes of the Yemen Arab Republic . In: Kew Bulletin . Volume 38, Number 1, 1983, pp. 25-26.

[3] John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 23-24.