Aloe integra

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

Aloe integra is a type of plant of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet integra comes from Latin , means 'whole' and refers to the normally full-margined leaf margin of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe integra grows in a stem-forming manner, is usually simple and occasionally forms groups with up to six rosettes . The roots are spindle-shaped. The trunks are up to eight inches long and four to six inches thick. The 15 to 30 triangular narrowed leaves form rosettes . The glossy, deep green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 10 to 12 inches long and 4 to 5 inches wide. The top two inches will soon dry up. There are usually no teeth on the leaf margin. Occasionally, tiny teeth are formed that are 2 to 5 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The rather dense, pyramidal grapes are 8 to 12 inches long and 7 to 9 inches wide. They end in a clump of purple bracts that have been turned back. The deltoid long pointed bracts have a length of 15 to 20 millimeters. The lemon yellow to bright canary-yellow flowers stand at up to 30 millimeters long flower stems . The flowers are 15 to 18 millimeters long and narrowed at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are enlarged and finally narrowed towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are 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 integra is common in the north of Swaziland and in the east of the South African province of Mpumalanga in grass on rocky slopes at altitudes of about 1500 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1936.

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. 143 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe integra . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 147-148 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 118.
^ Flowering Plants of Africa . Volume 16, 1936, plate 607.

Web links

Aloe integra 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. 118.

[2] Flowering Plants of Africa . Volume 16, 1936, plate 607.