Aloe edouardii

Aloe edouardii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe edouardii
Scientific name
	Aloe edouardii
	Rebmann

Aloe edouardii is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet edouardi honors Edouard Andriamboavonjy, the driver who accompanied the first describer in his field research.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe edouardi grows stemless or short stem-forming and individually. The trunks reach a length of 15 to 20 centimeters and sometimes more. The 30 to 35 upright, ovate-lanceolate leaves form dense rosettes . Their frosted, dark green to bluish, reddish on the top leaf blade is 60 to 65 inches long and 7 to 10 inches wide. The red, deltoid teeth on the reddish leaf margin are up to 2 millimeters long and 7 to 10 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The inflorescence consists of four to six branches and reaches a length of 70 to 100 centimeters. The dense, conical to cylindrical grapes are 10 to 25 centimeters long. The bracts have a length of 6 millimeters and are 2 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, yellow flowers are orange in the bud stage and stand on 10 to 25 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 18 to 33 millimeters long. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 5 millimeters.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe edouardii is found in Madagascar on granite at an altitude of 1100 meters. The species is only known from the locality of the type.

The first description by Norbert Rebmann was published in 2008. Aloe fianarantsoae J.-B.Castillon (2007, nom. Inval.) Is a synonym .

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. 375 .

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. 91.
^ Norbert Rebmann: In: International Cactus Adventure . Number 79, 2008, pp. 4-5.
↑ Jean-Bernhard Castillon: Aloe fianarantsoae - a new aloe (Aloaceae) from central Madagascar . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 58, Number 3, 2007, pp. 60-63.

[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. 91.

[2] Norbert Rebmann: In: International Cactus Adventure . Number 79, 2008, pp. 4-5.

[3] Jean-Bernhard Castillon: Aloe fianarantsoae - a new aloe (Aloaceae) from central Madagascar . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 58, Number 3, 2007, pp. 60-63.