Aloe argyrostachys

Aloe argyrostachys
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe argyrostachys
Scientific name
	Aloe argyrostachys
	TAMcCoy , Rakouth & Lavranos

Aloe argyrostachys is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet argyrostachys is derived from the Greek words argyro for 'silver' and stachys for 'ear' and refers to the silvery sight of the flowers.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe argyrostachys grows trunk-forming and individually. The upright, bald trunk reaches a length of up to 50 centimeters. The up to 30 arching, linear-lanceolate, stiff leaves are arranged in two rows. The bluish green leaf blade is up to 36 inches long and 5 inches wide. Its tip is rounded. The piercing, white, brown-tipped teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 2 millimeters long and about 10 millimeters apart. The leaf juice is clear. It dries clear to very light green.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 60 to 70 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical grapes are about 10 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, whitish bracts have a length of 12 to 20 millimeters. The cylindrical, white flowers are up to 1 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 5 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 17 millimeters. Their tips are bent back. The stamens and the style stick out about 5 millimeters from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe argyrostachys is common in the central highlands of Madagascar on weakly acidic soil.

The first description by Thomas A. McCoy , Bakolimalala Rakouth and John Jacob Lavranos 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. 644 .

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.
↑ John J. Lavranos, B. Rakouth, Tom A. McCoy: Aloe argyrostachys, a beautiful new species from the mountains of central Madagascar . In: Bradleya . Volume 25, 2007, pp. 17-20.

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Photos of Aloe argyrostachys

[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] John J. Lavranos, B. Rakouth, Tom A. McCoy: Aloe argyrostachys, a beautiful new species from the mountains of central Madagascar . In: Bradleya . Volume 25, 2007, pp. 17-20.