Aloe dhufarensis

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

Aloe dhufarensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet dhufarensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Dhufar Governoratein Oman.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe dhufarensis grows easily and without trunk. The 14 to 20 deltoid tapering leaves form rosettes . The bluish gray leaf blade is 45 centimeters long and 14 centimeters wide. There are no teeth on the leaf margin. Some white teeth are only formed on very young plants.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of one or two branches and reaches a length of up to 90 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical, pointed grapes are about 20 centimeters long. The deltoid-pointed bracts have a length of up to 12 millimeters. The coral-red, frosted flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 28 to 30 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 22 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 8 mm out from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe dhufarensis is distributed in the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga as well as in the south of Swaziland on grasslands at altitudes of 200 to 1000 meters.

The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1967.

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. 271 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe dhufarensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 131 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 65.
^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 39, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1967, pp. 167-171.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 65.

[2] Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 39, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1967, pp. 167-171.