Aloe squar pink

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

Aloe squarrosa is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet squarrosa comes from Latin , means 'bent back' and refers to the rough leaf surface.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe squarrosa grows trunk-forming and branches from the base. The hanging trunk is up to 40 centimeters long. The lanceolate, narrowed leaves form rosettes . The light green leaf blade is 5 to 7 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. There are numerous whitish, rounded spots on the leaf surface. The leaf surface is rough. The firm, whitish teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and about 5 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence is usually pendulous and arching-ascending. It reaches a length of 10 to 20 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes are 6 inches long and 4.5 inches wide. The deltoid bracts have a length of 5 millimeters. The scarlet flowers are on 7 to 8 millimeter long peduncles . They are 23 to 25 millimeters long and narrowed briefly at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above this and then widened towards their mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 to 6 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 1 to 2 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Aloe squarrosa is common in Socotra in the west on limestone cliffs at heights of about 300 meters.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1883. Synonyms are Aloe concinna Baker (1898, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1) and Aloe zanzibarica Milne-Redh. (1947).

Aloe squarrosa is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. classified 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. 474 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe squarrosa . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 181-182 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 226.
^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Volume 12, 1883, p. 97 ( online ).
↑ Aloe squarrosa in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Miller, A., 2004. Accessed October 18, 2012th

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. 226.

[2] Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Volume 12, 1883, p. 97 ( online ).

[3] Aloe squarrosa in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Miller, A., 2004. Accessed October 18, 2012th