Aloe yemenica

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

Aloe yemenica is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet yemenica refers to the occurrence of the species in Yemen .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe yemenica grows trunk-forming and branches out from the base. The hanging, rarely upright trunk reaches a length of up to about 50 centimeters. The sword-shaped leaves are scattered on the shoots. The green leaf blade is about 55 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. In the youth stage it is spotted. The teeth on the leaf margin are short and 8 to 10 millimeters apart. The leaf sheaths are up to 3 inches long.

Inflorescences and flowers

The rising or curved back inflorescence has up to four branches and reaches a length of 30 centimeters. The loose grapes are cylindrical. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The red, rarely yellow flowers are on 8 to 10 millimeter long peduncles . They are about 22 millimeters long.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe yemenica is common in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on sandstone cliffs at altitudes of 700 to 2000 meters.

The first description by John Richard Ironside Wood was published in 1983.

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. 500 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe yemenica . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 193 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 102.
^ Kew Bulletin . Volume 38, Number 1, 1983, pp. 20-21.

Web links

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

Herbarium evidence
Photo of a plant in culture

[1] Gideon F. Smith, Colin C. Walker, Estrela Figueiredo: What's in a name: epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species . In: Bradleya . Volume 28, 2010, p. 102.

[2] Kew Bulletin . Volume 38, Number 1, 1983, pp. 20-21.