Aloe millotii

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

Aloe millotii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet millotii honors the French biologist Jacques Millot (1897–1980).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe millotii grows trunk-forming and forms up to 20 shoots from the base . The prostrate, spreading or ascending shoots are up to 25 centimeters long and 7 to 9 millimeters wide. The triangular leaves are arranged in two rows in young plants, later they become spirals to rosettes . Below the tips of the shoots, they are persistent for a length of 7 centimeters. The cloudy gray-green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 8 to 10 centimeters long and 7 to 90 centimeters wide. There are about five soft, white, cartilaginous spines at its rounded tip. On the upper side of the leaf there are sometimes a few, small, cloudy white spots near the base. On the underside there are many scattered white spots 2 millimeters long and 1 to 1.5 millimeters wide. The white teeth on the leaf edge are 1 millimeter long and 5 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 12 to 15 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 3 to 5 inches long, 4 to 5 inches and consist of six to eight flowers. The ovoid-pointed, knocked back bracts have a length of 7 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers , lighter at their mouth, are on 6 to 8 millimeter long flower stalks . They are 22 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Above this they are narrowed to 6 millimeters and finally widened to the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together. 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 millotii is distributed in Madagascar in the province of Toliara in the nature reserve Cap Sainte Marie in the xerophytic bush on limestone at heights of 100 to 150 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1955.

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. 472 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe millotii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 160 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 154.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 22, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1955, pp. 23-26.

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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. 154.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 22, number 1, Kirstenbosch 1955, pp. 23-26.