Aloe mutabilis

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

Aloe mutabilis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet mutabilis comes from Latin and means 'changeable'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe mutabilis grows in a stem-forming manner and is simple or branching. The prostrate to drooping trunks up to 1 meter long and 10 to 15 centimeters wide. The lanceolate, sometimes sickle-shaped leaves form dense, upwardly directed rosettes . The glaucous green to cloudy green, indistinctly lined leaf blade is 60 to 70 centimeters long and 8 to 9 centimeters wide. The firm, light yellow to orange-yellow teeth on the narrow, light brownish-yellow leaf margin are about 2 millimeters long and 15 to 25 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The arching upright inflorescence is usually simple or consists of one or two branches. It reaches a length of 60 to 90 centimeters. The dense, conical grapes are 25 to 30 centimeters long. The elongated, blunt bracts have a length of about 10 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The greenish yellow to yellowing flowers are on 30 to 35 millimeter long flower stalks . They are scarlet red at the bud stage. They are 30 to 35 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are widened to the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style protrude 5 to 8 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe mutabilis is distributed in the South African provinces of Gauteng , Mpumalanga , Limpopo and Northwest on steep to vertical rock surfaces at altitudes of 1400 to 1800 meters.

The first description by Neville Stuart Pillans was published in 1933.

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. 523 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe mutabilis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 162-163 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 160.
^ South African Gardening . Volume 23, 1933, p. 168.

Web links

Commons : Aloe mutabilis - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 160.

[2] South African Gardening . Volume 23, 1933, p. 168.