Aloe diolii

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

Aloe diolii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet diolii honors the Italian Maurizio Dioli.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe diolii grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and forms loose clumps. The creeping, up to 35 centimeters long shoots take root on contact with the ground. The eight to ten triangular to slightly sickle-shaped leaves form loose rosettes . The cloudy green leaf blade is 25 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. On the leaf surface of the new shoot there are a few, scattered, elongated white spots. Older shoots have few spots near the base or the spots are absent. The leaf surface is slightly rough. The firm, hooked and red-tipped teeth on the leaf edge are 1 millimeter long and 2 to 8 millimeters apart. Towards the tip of the leaf they are up to 13 millimeters apart. The yellow leaf sap is dry brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or consists of two to six branches and is 36 inches long. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 9 centimeters long. The triangular, pointed bracts have a length of 4 to 5 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are slightly frosted at their base. Above that they turn light yellow and have a red central stripe. They stand on 10 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 20 to 25 millimeters long and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary they have a diameter of 8 millimeters. Above it, they gradually narrow to 6 millimeters. The tips are spread out up to 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 to 8 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus protrude 3 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe diolii is widespread in Sudan in the mountain forest at an altitude of 1760 meters.

The first description by Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1995.

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. 489 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe diolii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 132 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 67.
^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 67, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1995, pp. 277-279.

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. 67.

[2] Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 67, Number 5, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1995, pp. 277-279.