Aloe kniphofioides

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

Aloe kniphofioides is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet kniphofioides is derived from the name of the genus Kniphofia and from the Greek word -oides for 'similar'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe kniphofioides grows stemless and simply with an egg-shaped, onion-like, subterranean swell 6 to 8 centimeters long and 5 to 6 centimeters wide. The roots are spindle-shaped. The approximately 20 linear leaves are arranged in multiple rows. The green leaf blade is 20 to 30 centimeters long and 6 to 7 millimeters wide. Teeth on the leaf margin are absent or tiny and white.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 55 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 15 centimeters long and consist of about twelve to 16 flowers. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of up to 15 millimeters. The scarlet, green-tipped flowers stand on peduncles up to 15 millimeters long . The flowers are 35 to 50 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are not narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 to 8 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 kniphofioides is distributed in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal as well as in the west of Swaziland on grassy slopes at an altitude of 300 to 1800 meters.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1890.

Aloe marshallii is a synonym for J.M.Wood & MSEvans (1897).

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. 119 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe ketabrowniorum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 150 .

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.
↑ Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium . Volume 20, 1890, plate 1939 ( online ).

Web links

Aloe kniphofioides 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] Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium . Volume 20, 1890, plate 1939 ( online ).