Aloe sabaea

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

Aloe sabaea is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet sabaea was probably given in memory of the Arab kingdom of Saba .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe sabaea grows in a stem-forming manner. The upright, simple trunk reaches a length of up to 5 meters and a diameter of 10 centimeters. The approximately 16 lanceolate, pointed leaves form dense rosettes . The lowest leaves are bent down. The cloudy gray leaf blade is 60 to 80 inches long and 15 to 10 inches wide. The soft, light pink teeth on the light pink, cartilaginous leaf margin are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and 5 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of about eight branches and reaches a length of about 90 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 15 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. The egg-shaped-pointed bracts are 10 to 17 millimeters long and 8 to 13 millimeters wide. In the bud stage they are arranged in a brick shape. The scarlet-red to red-brown flowers, which are lighter at their mouth, stand on 12 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 22 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 10 millimeters. Above that they are - with the exception of the mouth - not narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe sabaea is common in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the tall bush on cliffs and steep, rocky slopes at heights of around 150 to 2000 meters.

The first description by Georg Schweinfurth was published in 1894. As a synonym was Aloe gillilandii Reynolds included in the Art (1962).

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. 662 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe sabaea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 177 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 211.
↑ Georg Schweinfurth: Collection of Arabic-Ethiopian plants. Results from trips in 1881, 88, 91, 92 and 94 . In: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier . Volume 2, Appendix 2, 1894, pp. 74-75 ( online ).

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. 211.

[2] Georg Schweinfurth: Collection of Arabic-Ethiopian plants. Results from trips in 1881, 88, 91, 92 and 94 . In: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier . Volume 2, Appendix 2, 1894, pp. 74-75 ( online ).