Aloe albiflora

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

Aloe albiflora is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet albiflora is derived from the Latin words albus for 'white' and -florus for '-blütig'.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe albiflora grows without a trunk, sprouts and forms small clumps with spindle-shaped roots . Its ten linear, narrowed leaves form a rosette . The gray-green leaf blade is 15 inches long and 1.5 cm wide. The upper side of the leaf shows numerous small cloudy white spots. The soft to firm teeth on the cartilaginous leaf margin are 0.5 to 1 millimeter long.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a height of 30 to 36 centimeters. The loose grapes are 9 centimeters long and consist of about 18 flowers . The egg-shaped and long narrowed bracts have a length of 5 to 6 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The white flowers are on 8 millimeter long peduncles . The bell-shaped flowers are 10 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At their mouth they have a diameter of 14 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together to the base. The stamens protrude 8 millimeters, the stylus protrudes 9 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Aloe albiflora is common in Madagascar .

The first description by André Guillaumin was published in 1940. A nomenclature synonym is Guillauminia albiflora (Guillaumin) A.Bertrand (1956).

Aloe albiflora is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species .

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. 216 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe albiflora . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 108 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.
^ A. Guillaumin: Plantes nouvelles, rares ou critiques des serres du Museum . In: Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . 2nd episode, Volume 12, Paris 1940, p. 353.
↑ Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed on August 10, 2012).

Web links

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Herbarium evidence

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.

[2] A. Guillaumin: Plantes nouvelles, rares ou critiques des serres du Museum . In: Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . 2nd episode, Volume 12, Paris 1940, p. 353.

[3] Appendices I, II and III valid from April 3, 2012 . (accessed on August 10, 2012).