Aloe ecklonis

Aloe ecklonis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe ecklonis
Scientific name
	Aloe ecklonis
	Salm-Dyck

Aloe ecklonis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ecklonis honors the Danish chemist and botanical explorer Christian Friedrich Ecklon , who sent the first seeds of the species to Europe.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe ecklonis grows without a stem or with a very short stem, is simple or sprouts and then forms groups with twelve or more shoots. The 14 to 20 lanceolate leaves are arranged in multiple rows. The cloudy green, somewhat veined leaf blade is up to 40 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. On the underside of the leaf there are occasionally a few small white spots near the base. The firm, white teeth on the white, cartilaginous leaf margin are 1 to 3 millimeters long.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The close-headed grapes are about 5 inches long and 10 to 12 inches wide. They consist of about 40 flowers. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of about 10 to 13 millimeters. The bulbous, yellow to red flowers are on 30 to 40 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 20 to 24 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. In the middle, the flowers have a diameter of 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe ecklonis is distributed in Lesotho , Swaziland and the South African provinces of Eastern Cape , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State (Province) and Mpumalanga on grasslands and rarely on rocky slopes at heights of up to 2000 meters.

The first description by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck was published in 1849.

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. 141 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe Ecklonis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 134 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 74.
^ Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Monographia generum Aloes et Mesembrianthemi . Part 5, Bonn 1849, plate 5.

Web links

Aloe ecklonis 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. 74.

[2] Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Monographia generum Aloes et Mesembrianthemi . Part 5, Bonn 1849, plate 5.