Aloe vaombe

Aloe vaombe
	Aloe vaombe
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe vaombe
Scientific name
	Aloe vaombe
	Decorse & Poiss.

Aloe vaombe is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet vaombe is derived from the local popular name of the species in Madagascar.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe vaombe grows easily and in a stem-forming manner. The upright trunk reaches a length of up to 3 meters and a diameter of 20 centimeters. It is covered with perennial dead leaves. The 30 to 40 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy green leaf blade is 80 to 100 centimeters long and 15 to 20 centimeters wide. The slightly stabbing teeth on the leaf margin are 5 to 6 millimeters long and 15 to 20 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is deep purple when dry.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of about twelve branches and reaches a length of about 90 centimeters. The lower branches are branched again. The rather dense, cylindrical, slightly pointed grapes are up to 15 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The triangular bracts have a length of 8 millimeters and are 5 millimeters wide. The bright blood-red flowers stand on peduncles about 12 millimeters long . The flowers are about 28 millimeters long and truncated at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. Above that they are narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 14 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe vaombe is common in Madagascar .

The first description by J. Decorse and Henri Louis Poisson was published in 1912. A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Aloe vaombe var. Vaombe
Aloe vaombe var. Poissonii Decary

Aloe vaombe var. Vaombe
The variety is common in the south and southwest of Madagascar in dry bush on limestone deposits.

Aloe vaombe var. Poissonii
The differences to Aloe vaombe var. Vaombe are: The trunks are slimmer and up to 5 meters long. The leaves are arranged more densely in rosettes and more strongly knocked back. The branches of the inflorescence are more spread out.

The first description of the variety by Raymond Decary was published in 1921. Aloe vaombe var. Poissonii is common on Madagascar in the Ambovombe district near Behara on gneiss. The variety is only known from the locality of the type.

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. 663 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe vaombe . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 188 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 250.
^ Henri Louis Poisson: Recherches sur la Flore Méridionale de Madagascar . Augustin Challamel, Paris 1912, pp. 96-97 ( online ).
^ Raymond Decary: Monographie du district de Tsihombe . In: Bulletin Economique de Madagascar . Volume 18, Number 1, 1921, p. 23.

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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. 250.

[2] Henri Louis Poisson: Recherches sur la Flore Méridionale de Madagascar . Augustin Challamel, Paris 1912, pp. 96-97 ( online ).

[3] Raymond Decary: Monographie du district de Tsihombe . In: Bulletin Economique de Madagascar . Volume 18, Number 1, 1921, p. 23.