Aloe berevoana
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Aloe berevoana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet berevoana refers to the occurrence of the species near Berevo on Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe berevoana grows trunk-forming, branches out from the base and forms large groups. The ascending shoots reach a length of up to 60 centimeters. The eight to ten lanceolate leaves are loosely arranged on the shoots. The grass-green, longitudinally striped leaf blade is 30 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. Its tip is pointed. The dark green, whitish pointed teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 8 to 12 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of three branches and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. The loose, few-flowered grapes are 10 to 12 centimeters long. The narrow triangular bracts have a length of 5 millimeters and are 12 millimeters wide. The bright red flowers are on 10 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 17 millimeters long. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 12 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe berevoana is common in western Madagascar on sandstone cliffs at heights of around 70 meters.
The first description by John Jacob Lavranos was published in 1998.
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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. 558 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe berevoana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 114-115 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 25.
- ↑ John J. Lavranos: News from the genus Aloe in Madagascar: A. compressa var. Paucituberculata var. Nov., A. cyrtophylla spec. nov., A. berevoana spec. nov., A. megalocarpa spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 49, Number 7, 1998, pp. 161-162.