Aloe fleuretteana
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Aloe fleuretteana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet fleuretteana honors Fleurette Andriantsjlavo, the head of the Direction de la Planification des Eaux et des Forêts of Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe fleuretteana grows trunk-forming, sprouts from the base and forms dense groups. The upright trunks are 40 to 50 centimeters long and 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter. The approximately ten lanceolate, narrowed leaves form loose rosettes . The green leaf blade is 13 inches long and 8 inches wide. There are fine white stitches and spots on it. The piercing, triangular teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and are 2 to 4 millimeters apart. They are absent near the tip of the leaf.
Inflorescences and flowers
The upright, simple inflorescence reaches a length of up to 35 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical grapes consist of ten to twelve flowers. The bracts have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters. The glossy vermilion flowers turn whitish towards the tip and have green tips. They stand on 10 to 15 millimeter long flower stalks . The flowers are 28 millimeters long and flat at their base. Above the ovary , the flowers are hardly narrowed. Above that, they have a diameter of 7 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 6 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe fleuretteana is found on granite in Madagascar's bushland.
The first description by Werner Rauh and Raimond Gerold was published in 2000.
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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. 535 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe fleuretteana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 138 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 85.
- ↑ Werner Rauh, Raimond Gerold: Aloe fleuretteana Rauh & Gerold spec. nov. (Aloaceae) . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 51, Number 5, 2000, pp. 121-123.