Aloe grisea

Aloe grisea
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe grisea
Scientific name
	Aloe grisea
	S. Carter & Brandham

Aloe grisea is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet grisea comes from Latin , means 'gray' and refers to the color of the leaves.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe grisea grows without a trunk, is simple or sparsely sprout. The triangular leaves form rosettes . The strongly glauke leaf blade is up to 25 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide. There are many white spots on it that form irregular transverse bands. The 1 millimeter wide leaf margin is brown and horny. The teeth on the edge of the leaf are 1 to 3 millimeters long and 2 to 8 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of two to three branches and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The conical to almost capped grapes are about 10 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped, awned bracts have a length of up to 20 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The bright orange-red flowers are yellow at their mouth and are up to 30 millimeters long peduncles . The flowers are 23 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this they are suddenly narrowed to 3.5 millimeters and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe grisea is common in northern Somalia on stony ground and rocks on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1200 to 1700 meters.

The first description by Susan Carter and Peter Edward Brandham was published in 1983.

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. 169 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe grisea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 142-143 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 99.
^ Susan Carter, Peter Brandham: New species of Aloe from Somalia . In: Bradleya . Volume 1, 1983, pp. 19-20.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 99.

[2] Susan Carter, Peter Brandham: New species of Aloe from Somalia . In: Bradleya . Volume 1, 1983, pp. 19-20.