Aloe karasbergensis

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

Aloe karasbergensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet karasbergensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Great Karas Mountains in Namibia.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe karasbergensis has a very short stem-forming growth, is simple or has up to 19 shoots. The 15 to 20 ovate-lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette . Their pale glauke , dark green striped leaf blades are 40 to 50 centimeters long and 15 to 20 centimeters wide. The pale cartilaginous leaf margins are slightly wavy. Edge teeth are not formed.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence has one to three branches and reaches a length of 50 to 60 centimeters. The loose grapes are conical. The narrow deltoid bracts are 3 to 6 millimeters long. The rather cloudy red flowers are on 8 to 12 millimeter long peduncles and are 25 to 27 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are narrowed to 4 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe karasbergensis is common in Namibia and the South African province of Limpopo .

The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1928. A nomenclature synonym is Aloe striata subsp. karasbergensis (Pillans) Glen & DSHardy (1987).

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Aloe karasbergensis subsp. karasbergensis
Aloe karasbergensis subsp. hunsbergensis van Jaarsv. & Swanepoel

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. 352 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe striata subsp. karasbergensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 182 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 94.
^ Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . Volume 66, 1928, p. 233.
^ Hugh Francis Glen, David Spencer Hardy: In: South African Journal of Botany . Volume 53, Number 6, 1987, p. 491.
↑ Aloe . Volume 48, Number 3, 2011, pp. 64-66.

Web links

Commons : Aloe karasbergensis - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe karasbergensis in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 94.

[2] Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . Volume 66, 1928, p. 233.

[3] Hugh Francis Glen, David Spencer Hardy: In: South African Journal of Botany . Volume 53, Number 6, 1987, p. 491.

[4] Aloe . Volume 48, Number 3, 2011, pp. 64-66.