Aloe christianii

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

inflorescence

Aloe christianii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet christianii honors the South African farmer Hugh Basil Christian (1871–1950), who emigrated to Zimbabwe in 1911.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe christianii grows trunk-forming, simply or forms small groups. The upright or prostrate trunks reach a length of up to 1.5 meters and a diameter of 10 to 15 centimeters. They are covered with the remains of dead leaves. The 30 to 40 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The leaf blade is 30 to 75 inches long and 10 to 15 inches wide. The top is cloudy green and indistinctly lined. The cloudy bluish green underside is very indistinctly lined. The piercing, occasionally hooked, pinkish to light brown teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of five to ten branches and reaches a length of 2 to 3 meters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The fairly dense, cylindrically pointed grapes are 25 to 30 centimeters long and consist of 40 to 50 flowers. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 5 to 6 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. The coral-red, frosted flowers are on 8 to 12 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 40 to 45 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 to 10 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 millimeters. The stamens and the style stick out about 4 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe christianii is common in Angola , Malawi , Mozambique , Tanzania , Zaire , Zambia and Zimbabwe in partial shade in woodlands or between tall grass at altitudes of 700 to 2000 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1936.

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. 624 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe christianii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 124 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 47.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 2, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1936, pp. 171-173.

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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. 47.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 2, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1936, pp. 171-173.