Aloe forbesii

Aloe forbesii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe forbesii
Scientific name
	Aloe forbesii
	Balf.f.

Aloe forbesii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet forbesii honors the Scottish naturalist and collector Henry Ogg Forbes .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe forbesii grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simple or forms small groups. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy green leaf blade is 25 inches long and 6 to 7 inches wide. The white teeth on the leaf margin are 0.5 to 1 millimeter long and 4 to 8 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of five or more branches and reaches a length of 60 to 80 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 25 inches long and 5 inches wide. The bracts have a length of 3 to 4 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The flowers are light scarlet red in the lower third and yellowish above. They stand on 10 to 12 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 22 to 24 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are narrowed and then widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 6 to 7 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 2 millimeters out from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe forbesii is common on Socotra .

The first description by Isaac Bayley Balfour was published in 1903.

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. 213 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe forbesii . 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. 86.
^ Henry Ogg Forbes (ed.): The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri . 1903, pp. 511-512, plate 26B ( online ).

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 86.

[2] Henry Ogg Forbes (ed.): The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri . 1903, pp. 511-512, plate 26B ( online ).