Aloe antandroi

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

Aloe antandroi is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet antandroi refers to the occurrence of the species near Antandroi or in the area of the Antandroi in Madagascar.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe antandroi grows trunk-forming and branches at or near the base. The roots are woody. The shoots reach a length of 60 to 100 centimeters and are 5 to 7 millimeters thick. Usually they are supported by the surrounding vegetation. The approximately twelve to 20 triangular leaves form a loose rosette . The gray-green leaf blade is 10 to 15 inches long and 0.6 to 1 inches wide. The upper side of the leaf is occasionally covered with a few scattered small white spots. There are about three small, soft white teeth on the bluntly rounded tip of the leaf. The white to very pale brown teeth on the leaf margin are 0.5 to 1 millimeter long and 7 to 10 millimeters apart. The green striped leaf sheaths are 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence is simple or has a branch. The loose, almost capped grapes are 3 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. The ovoid-pointed bracts are 4 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide. The scarlet flowers are on 8 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 22 millimeters long and trimmed at their base. At the level of the ovary , they have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above this, the flowers are slightly narrowed and widened towards the mouth. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 to 16 millimeters.

genetics

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

Systematics and distribution

Aloe antandroi is widespread in the south and southeast of Madagascar on dry limestone rocks or scree at heights of 50 to 200 meters.

The first description as Gasteria antandroi by Raymond Decary was published in 1921. Henri Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie placed the species in the genus Aloe in 1926 . Aloe leptocaulon Bojer (1837, nom. Inval. ICBN -Article 32.1c) is a synonym .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Aloe antandroi subsp. antandroi
Aloe antandroi subsp. Toliarana J.B. Castillon

Aloe antandroi subsp. toliarana
The first description of this subspecies by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2009.

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. 537 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe antandroi . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 110 .

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.
^ Raymond Decary: Monographie du district de Tsihombe . In: Bulletin Economique de Madagascar . Volume 18, Number 1, 1921, p. 27.
^ H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 19.
^ Jean-Bernard Castillon: In: International Cactus Adventures . Number 83, 2009, p. 31.

[1] 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.

[2] Raymond Decary: Monographie du district de Tsihombe . In: Bulletin Economique de Madagascar . Volume 18, Number 1, 1921, p. 27.

[3] H. Perrier: Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloë de Madagascar . In: Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Botanique . Volume 1, Number 1, 1926, p. 19.

[4] Jean-Bernard Castillon: In: International Cactus Adventures . Number 83, 2009, p. 31.