Aloe fleurentiniorum

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

Aloe fleurentiniorum is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet fleurentinorum honors the French medical technician Jacky Fleurentin and his wife Martine.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe fleurentiniorum grows easily and without trunk. The eight to twelve lanceolate leaves form rosettes . The dark green, occasionally tinged brownish leaf blade is 20 to 30 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is rough. The firm, whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long. The yellow leaf sap turns brownish in air.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of three to six branches and reaches a length of 35 to 40 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes consist of ten to 20 flowers. The pointed bracts are 6 to 8 millimeters long. The bright red flowers are yellow at the mouth and stand on 11 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 31 to 33 millimeters long and very short at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 8 millimeters. They are hardly narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 to 10 millimeters. The stamens protrude 1 to 2 millimeters and the pen does not protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe fleurentiniorum is common in Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia on rocky slopes at altitudes of 1500 to 2250 meters.

The first description as Aloe fleurentinorum by John Jacob Lavranos and Leonard Eric Newton was published in 1977. The spelling was later corrected in accordance with ICBN Article 60.1. Aloe edentata 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. 308 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe fleurentinorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 138 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 85.
^ JJ Lavranos, LE Newton: Two new species of Aloe from Arabia . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 49, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1977, pp. 113-114.
^ John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 2 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 86-87.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 85.

[2] JJ Lavranos, LE Newton: Two new species of Aloe from Arabia . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 49, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1977, pp. 113-114.

[3] John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 2 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 86-87.