Aloe pratensis

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

Aloe pratensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet pratensis comes from Latin , means something like 'grassland' and refers to the preferred habitat of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe pratensis grows without a trunk, is rarely solitary, but usually forms in small groups. The 30 to 40 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . The glauke , lined leaf blade is up to 15 centimeters long and 4 to 5 centimeters wide. Sometimes a few scattered, reddish-brown spines are formed on the upper side. The underside is usually covered with a few, scattered, reddish-brown spines and occasionally with a few central, 2 to 3 millimeters long, brown spines towards the tip. The reddish brown, stinging teeth on the leaf margin are about 5 millimeters long and 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are about 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped pointed bracts have a length of up to 40 millimeters and are 15 to 18 millimeters wide. The pink- red flowers are on 25 to 30 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 35 to 40 millimeters long and truncated at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are slightly expanded. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe pratensis is widespread in Lesotho as well as the South African provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal between rocks in grasslands at heights of 50 to 2000 meters.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1880.

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. 234 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe pratensis . 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. 190.
^ Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, 1880, p. 156 ( online )

Web links

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

Aloe pratensis on the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 190.

[2] Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, 1880, p. 156 ( online )