Aloe barberae

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

Aloe barberae is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet barberae honors the English writer, painter and naturalist Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899).

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe barberae grows trunk-forming and is richly forked. The upright trunks reach a height of up to 18 meters and have a diameter of 1 to 3 meters at their base. The approximately 20 sword-shaped leaves form dense rosettes . Their cloudy green leaf blades are 60 to 90 inches long and 7 to 9 inches wide. The firm, horn-like, cloudy white and brownish tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 10 to 25 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence usually consists of two branches and reaches a length of 40 to 60 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical, slightly narrowed-pointed grapes are 20 to 30 centimeters long and 8 to 10 centimeters wide. The linear and pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 1 millimeter wide. The pink to pink purple flowers are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 to 37 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of about 9 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 21 to 37 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand 15 to 20 millimeters out of flowering.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe barberae is found in Mozambique , the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland in the dense bush and low forest.

The first description by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer was published in 1874.

Synonyms are Aloe bainesii var. Barberae (Dyer) Baker (1896), Aloe bainesii Dyer (1874) and Aloidendron barberae (Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. (2013).

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. 695 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe barberae . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 113-114 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 22.
^ WT Thiselton Dyer: The Treea Aloes of South Africa . In: The Gardeners' Chronicle . New series, Volume 1, 1874, p. 568 ( online )
↑ 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.76.1.1 ).

Web links

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

Aloe barberae in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 22.

[2] WT Thiselton Dyer: The Treea Aloes of South Africa . In: The Gardeners' Chronicle . New series, Volume 1, 1874, p. 568 ( online )

[3] 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.76.1.1 ).