Aloe andringitrensis

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

Aloe andringitrensis is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet andringitrensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Andringitra Mountains .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe andringitrensis grows solitary and without trunk. The roots are spindle-shaped. Its 15 to 20 triangular leaves form a rosette . The gray-green leaf blade is 50 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is very slightly roughened. The pinkish red teeth on the leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 5 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of six to eight branches and reaches a height of 80 to 90 centimeters. The dense, almost capped grapes are 6 to 10 centimeters long. The ovoid-pointed bracts have a length of 8 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The cloudy orange to yellowish flowers are on 25 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 22 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary they have a diameter of 4 millimeters and are enlarged to 9 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 17 millimeters. The stamens do not protrude, and the stylus out hard from the flower.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe andongensis distributed in Madagascar in gravelly places at altitudes of 1800 to 2500 meters.

The first description by Henri Perrier de La Bâthie was published in 1926.

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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. 342 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe andringitrensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 110 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 10.
^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 41.

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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. 10.

[2] H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 41.