Aloe ampefyana
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Aloe ampefyana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ampefyana refers to the occurrence of the species near Ampefy in Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ampefyana grows trunk-forming, branched and forms small clumps of up to six rosettes . The trunks reach a length of up to 30 centimeters and are 2 centimeters thick. The 25 to 30 lanceolate, erect leaves , bent back at the tip, form rosettes . The green leaf blade is 25 to 30 inches long and 3 to 6 inches wide. There are often many green pustules on it. The pale green teeth on the leaf margin are 4 millimeters long and 10 to 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of one or two branches and reaches a length of up to 70 centimeters. The rather dense, cylindrical grapes are 10 to 15 centimeters long. The ovate-pointed bracts have a length of 10 millimeters. The bell-shaped, pale yellow flowers are red at the bud stage. They stand on 17 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 17 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 4 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the pen stand out from 4 to 10 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ampefyana is widespread near Ampefy in Madagascar on rugged granite slopes at an altitude of 1360 meters. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2007.
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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. 248 .
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. 87.
- ↑ Jean-Bernard Castillon: Aloe werneri and Aloe ampefyana, two new Aloe (Asphodelaceae) species from Madagascar . In: Haseltonia . Number 13, 2007, pp. 23-28.