Aloe porphyrostachys

Aloe porphyrostachys
	Aloe porphyrostachys
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe porphyrostachys
Scientific name
	Aloe porphyrostachys
	Lavranos & Collen.

Section from the inflorescence

Aloe porphyrostachys is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet porphyrostachys is derived from the Greek words porphyreos for 'purple-red' and stachys for 'ear' and refers to the inflorescence of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe porphyrostachys grows stemless and usually sprouts from the base. The up to 60 upright, triangular narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The bluish green leaf blade is 50 to 60 inches long and 7.5 inches wide. The firm, white teeth on the white, horny leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 25 to 30 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The upright inflorescence consists of up to six branches and reaches a length of up to 110 centimeters. The very dense, cylindrical grapes are 45 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide. The paper-like, five-veined, egg-shaped-lanceolate bracts have a length of 12 to 15 millimeters. The bright red, club-shaped flowers are on 2 to 5 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 to 35 millimeters long and rounded at their base. In the middle they have a diameter of 11 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 21 to 22 millimeters. The purple-brown stamens protrude 10 to 15 mm, the stylus 12 millimeters from the flower out.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe porphyrostachys is common in Saudi Arabia on granite at altitudes of around 2000 meters.

The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Iris Sheila Collenette was published in 2000.

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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. 455 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe porphyrostachys . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 171 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 189.
^ John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 18-19.

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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. 189.

[2] John Jacob Lavranos, Iris Sheila Collenette: New aloes from Saudi Arabia: part 1 . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 72, Number 1, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2000, pp. 18-19.