Aloe veseyi

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

Aloe veseyi is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet veseyi honors the British entomologist L. Desmond EF Vesey-Fitzgerald (1909 / 1910–1974).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe veseyi grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and forms small groups. The hanging trunks reach a length of 30 to 40 centimeters and are 2 centimeters thick. The approximately twelve spread, elongated, lanceolate leaves form loose rosettes . The cloudy gray-green, reddish tinged leaf blade is 40 to 50 centimeters long and 3 to 5 centimeters wide. There are many scattered cloudy white spots on it. The fixed teeth on the edge of the leaf are 1 to 2 millimeters long and 10 to 30 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The hanging inflorescence has six to eight branches and reaches a length of 35 to 60 centimeters. The upright, loose, cylindrical-conical grapes are 8 to 12 inches long and 7 inches wide. The lanceolate, narrowed bracts have a length of 5 to 8 millimeters and are 2.5 to 3 millimeters wide. The cylindrical-triangular, bright coral-red, pale pink-yellow or yellow flowers are on 10 to 17 millimeter long pedicels . The flowers are 23 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 5 to 7 millimeters. They are slightly narrowed above this and then widened to 10 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 8 to 9 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe veseyi is common in Tanzania and Zambia on cliffs at altitudes of 840 to 1500 meters.

The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1959.

A synonym is Aloe enotata L.C.Leach (1972).

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. 510 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe veseyi . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 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.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 25, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1959, pp. 315-317.
^ Leslie Charles Leach: In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 38, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1972, pp. 187-193.

[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] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 25, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1959, pp. 315-317.

[3] Leslie Charles Leach: In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 38, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1972, pp. 187-193.