Aloe scobinifolia

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

Aloe scobinifolia is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet scobinifolia is derived from the Latin words scobina for 'rapeseed' and -folius for 'leafy' and refers to the rough leaves of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe scobinifolia grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simple or usually forms small groups. The 16 to 20 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a dense rosette . The cloudy green leaf blade is 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. Your point is a thorn . The leaf surface is rough. The very narrow, light pink leaf margin is cartilaginous. Edge teeth are not formed. The leaf juice dries deep brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

Aloe scobinifolia inflorescence

The inflorescence has five to eight branches and reaches a length of 60 to 70 centimeters. The dense, head-like grapes are 3 to 4 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The deltoid, repulsed, white bracts have a length of 8 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The yellow, orange or scarlet red, slightly club-shaped flowers are on 15 to 18 millimeter long peduncles . They are 22 millimeters long and briefly narrowed at the base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 4 to 5 millimeters in diameter. They are expanded beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 9 to 10 millimeters. The stamens protrude 3 to 4 millimeters and the stylus protrudes 5 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe scobinifolia is common in Somalia on flat, sparsely overgrown plaster plains at altitudes of 1250 to 1800 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds and Peter René Oscar Bally was published in 1958.

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. 313 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe scobinifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 178 .

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. 100.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 24, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1958, pp. 174-175, plates 17-18.

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[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. 100.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 24, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1958, pp. 174-175, plates 17-18.