Aloe versicolor

Aloe versicolor
	Aloe versicolor; young plant
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe versicolor
Scientific name
	Aloe versicolor
	Guillaumin

Aloe versicolor is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet versicolor is derived from the Latin words vertere for 'changing' and color for 'color'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe versicolor grows without a stem or with a very short stem, sprouts and forms dense groups. The approximately 15 almost linear leaves form dense rosettes . The cloudy bluish green, frosted leaf blade is 15 inches long and 2 to 9 inches wide. There are three to five white, 1 millimeter long teeth at its rounded tip. The firm, white teeth on the leaf margin are 1.5 to 2 millimeters long and 5 to 6 millimeters apart. The leaf sap is dry, deep brown.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 30 to 40 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical, almost capped grapes are about 5 centimeters long. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 7 millimeters and are 4 millimeters wide. The coral red to basal light scarlet and above lighter flowers are yellowish at their tips. They stand on 15 to 20 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are about 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 7 millimeters, above they are not narrowed. Your tepals are not fused together almost over their entire length. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 4 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Aloe versicolor is found in Madagascar in humus pockets on silicate rocks at heights of around 50 to 70 meters.

The first description by André Guillaumin was published in 1950.

Aloe versicolor is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species .

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. 404 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe versicolor . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 189-190 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 251.
^ Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . 2nd episode, Volume 21, 1950, p. 723.
↑ Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed on August 11, 2012).

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. 251.

[2] Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . 2nd episode, Volume 21, 1950, p. 723.

[3] Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed on August 11, 2012).