Aloe saudiarabica

Aloe saudiarabica
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe saudiarabica
Scientific name
	Aloe saudiarabica
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Aloe saudiarabica is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet saudiarabica refers to the occurrence of the species in Saudi Arabia .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe saudiarabica grows short trunk-forming, branched and forms small clumps. The 15 to 18 upright, lanceolate, pointed leaves form rosettes . Your cloudy gray-green leaf blade is up to 85 inches long and 12 inches wide. The brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 3 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart. The orange leaf juice dries brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or has one or two branches. It reaches a length of up to 100 centimeters. The almost loose, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 20 to 25 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed, white bracts have a length of 10 millimeters. The cylindrical, red or yellow flowers are on 6 to 8 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 27 to 31 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 to 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 12 to 15 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe saudiarabica is common in Saudi Arabia on sandy plains at heights of 365 meters.

The first description by Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2007.

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. 293 .

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. 99.
^ Tom A. McCoy: Three new species of aloes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In: Excelsa . Number 21, 2007, pp. 1-6.

[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. 99.

[2] Tom A. McCoy: Three new species of aloes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In: Excelsa . Number 21, 2007, pp. 1-6.