Aloidendron

Aloidendron
	Aloidendron barberae
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloidendron
Scientific name
	Aloidendron
	( A.Berger ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.

Aloidendron is a genus of plants from the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloidendron dichotomum

Aloidendron ramosissimum

The species of the genus Aloidendron are shrubby to tree-shaped, somewhat woody to woody, dichotomously branched, perennial , leaf succulent plants. The bark is smooth to elongated cracked. The rosette-shaped , narrowly lanceolate to sword-shaped leaves are spread out upright or bent back. The leaf surface is not speckled. The leaf edge is serrated, the tip of the leaf is tapered. The leaf sap is not or only a little available and is then watery, pale yellow and does not smell strongly.

Inflorescences and flowers

The branched inflorescence is a panicle with cylindrical, dense to fairly loose racemes . The flower stalks are not articulated. The flowers are cylindrical to cylindrical-bulbous. Their yellow, orange or pink to red tepals are fused or almost free in the lower half. The stamens and the style stick out long from the flower and are upright. The stamens are bare.

Fruits and seeds

The fruits are loculicidal capsules . They contain numerous seeds .

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

The genus Aloidendron is distributed in Somalia , Mozambique , Namibia , the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and North Cape, and in Swaziland .

The type species of the genus is Aloidendron barberae . The genus Aloidendron includes the following species:

Aloidendron barberae (Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Aloidendron dichotomum (Masson) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Aloidendron eminens (Reynolds & PROBally) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Aloidendron pillansii (L.Guthrie) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Aloidendron ramosissimum (Pillans) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Aloidendron sabaeum (Schweinf.) Boatwr. & JCManning (Syn: Aloe sabaea Schweinf. ): It occurs on the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.
Aloidendron tongaense (Van Jaarsv.) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. (Syn .: Aloe tongaensis van Jaarsv. ): It occurs in KwaZulu-Natal.

proof

literature

Olwen Megan Grace, Ronell R. Klopper, Gideon F. Smith, Neil R. Crouch, Estrela Figueiredo, Nina Ronsted, Abraham E. van Wyk: A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) . In: Phytotaxa . Volume 76, number 1, 2013, pp. 7-14 ( doi: 10.11646 / phytotaxa.76.1.2 ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Aloidendron. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 25, 2018.

Web links

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[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Aloidendron. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 25, 2018.