Aloe harlana

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

Aloe harlana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet harlana refers to the occurrence of the species near Harla in the Ethiopian region of Harar .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe harlana grows stemless or short stem-forming, is single or divides into two to four rosettes . The approximately 24 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes. Their light to dark olive-green, sometimes shiny leaf blades are 50 centimeters long and 12 to 15 centimeters wide. On the underside of the leaf there are occasionally a few cloudy, elongated, light green spots near the base. The stinging, reddish-brown teeth on the usually horny, reddish-brown leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry, deep brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of six to eight branches and is about 70 to 90 centimeters long. The conical-headed or cylindrically-narrowed grapes are up to 20 centimeters long. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 10 millimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are densely arranged in a brick shape. The deep red, occasionally yellow flowers are on 15 millimeter long peduncles . They are 33 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 11 millimeters. They are not narrowed beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 5 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe harlana is widespread in Ethiopia in low bush on stony slopes at altitudes of 1650 to 1850 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1957.

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. 353 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe harlana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 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. 104.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 23, Number 1, 1957, pp. 9-10.

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. 104.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 23, Number 1, 1957, pp. 9-10.