Aloe erythrophylla
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Aloe erythrophylla is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet erythrophylla is derived from the Greek words erythros for 'red' and phyllon for 'leaf' and refers to the red colored leaves of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe erythrophylla grows stemless or short stem-forming and simply. The six to eight lanceolate, linear, pointed leaves form a rosette . The leaf blade is dark brownish-red or green and red in the middle , 10 to 17 centimeters long and 2 to 4 centimeters wide. The red teeth on the leaf edge are 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and 4 to 6 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has a branch. It reaches a length of 15 to 40 centimeters. The loose, pyramidal grapes are 6 to 20 centimeters long and consist of 20 flowers. The egg-shaped and somewhat pointed bracts have a length of 6 to 9 millimeters. The red flowers are on 7 to 12 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 20 to 25 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary are slightly narrowed. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 7 to 8 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus do not protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe erythrophylla is common in Madagascar in the mountains on gneiss and quartzite at altitudes of 1500 to 1800 meters.
The first description by Jean Marie Bosser was published in 1968. The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Aloe erythrophylla subsp. erythrophylla
- Aloe erythrophylla subsp. major J.B. Castillon
Aloe erythrophylla subsp. major
The first description of this subspecies by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2011.
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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. 225 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe boylei . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 135-136 .
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. 92.
- ↑ Adansonia . 2nd episode, volume 8, number 4, 1968, pp. 508-511.
- ^ Jean-Bernard Castillon: Two new Aloe taxa (Asphodelaceae) from the vicinity of the town of Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar . In: CactusWorld . Volume 29, Number 1, 2011, pp. 51-55.