Aloe thraskii

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

Section from the inflorescence

Aloe thraskii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). Thespecific epithet thraskii honors a certain Mr. Thrask.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe thraskii grows easily and in a stem-forming manner. The trunk usually reaches a length of up to 2 meters, in dense bushes up to 4 meters. The lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . Dead leaves remain on the trunk for a long time. The cloudy green to blue leaf blade is up to 160 centimeters long and 22 centimeters wide. On the underside there are occasionally some spines in the upper half in the middle. The reddish teeth on the narrow reddish or brownish reddish leaf margin are about 2 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of four to eight branches and reaches a length of 50 to 80 centimeters. The very dense, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are up to 25 centimeters long and 10 to 12 centimeters wide. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 9 millimeters long and 6 millimeters wide. The lemon yellow to light orange, greenish tipped flowers are on 1 to 2 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are about 25 millimeters long and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above it they are expanded and finally narrowed to the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 17 millimeters. The orange stamens and the orange pen stand out to 15 to 20 millimeters from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe thraskii is widespread in the South African provinces of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal on almost pure sand in low-lying coastal vegetation or tall bush just above sea level.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1880. As a synonym was Aloe candelabrum Engl. & Drude (1910, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1) included in the Art.

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. 652 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe thraskii . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 185 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 239.
↑ JG Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1880, pp. 180-181 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Aloe thraskii - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Aloe thraskii in 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. 239.

[2] JG Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1880, pp. 180-181 ( online ).