Aloe somaliensis

Aloe somaliensis
	Aloe somaliensis
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe somaliensis
Scientific name
	Aloe somaliensis
	W. Watson

Aloe somaliensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet somaliensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Somalia .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe somaliensis grows without a stem or with a short stem, is simple or sprouting and then forms small groups. The twelve to 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The glossy brownish green leaf blade is 18 to 35 inches long and 7 inches wide. There are numerous pale to dark elongated spots on it. The leaf surface is smooth. The piercing, reddish-brown teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The almost upright to crooked inflorescence consists of five to eight branches and reaches a length of 60 to 80 centimeters. The lower branches are occasionally branched again. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 15 to 20 inches long and 5 to 6 inches wide. The flowers are one-sided on crooked branches. The egg-shaped narrowed bracts have a length of about 8 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The pinkish reddish scarlet flowers are tiny speckled white and stand on 8 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 28 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 9 millimeters. They are very slightly narrowed above this. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 10 millimeters. The stamens project 1 to 2 millimeters, of the stylus 3 millimeters from the flower out.

genetics

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

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Aloe somaliensis is common in Somalia at altitudes of 1400 to 1700 meters.

The first description by William Watson was published in 1899. A nomenklatorisches synonym is Aloe somaliensis var. Marmorata Reynolds & probally (1964).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

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. 306 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe somaliensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 181 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 224.
^ William Watson: The Gardeners' Chronicle . 3rd episode, Volume 26, 1899, p. 430 ( online ).
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 30, 1964, p. 222.
↑ Aloe somaliensis in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species 2013.2. Posted by: Weber, O. & Carter, S., 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

Web links

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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. 224.

[2] William Watson: The Gardeners' Chronicle . 3rd episode, Volume 26, 1899, p. 430 ( online ).

[3] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 30, 1964, p. 222.

[4] Aloe somaliensis in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species 2013.2. Posted by: Weber, O. & Carter, S., 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2014.