Aloe ifanadianae
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Aloe ifanadianae is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodillaceae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet ifanadianae refers to the occurrence of the species in Ifanadiana on Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe ifanadianae grows trunk-forming, branched and forms large outstretched groups. The trunks reach a length of up to 200 centimeters and are 2 to 2.5 centimeters thick. The linear-lanceolate, almost upright leaves form loose rosettes . Below them, the trunks are covered with dry leaves to about 50 centimeters. The green leaf blade is 40 to 65 inches long and 4 inches wide. The whitish teeth on the cartilaginous leaf margin are 1 millimeter long and 3 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or forms a branch. It reaches a length of 100 centimeters. The almost dense to loose, cylindrical grapes are 25 to 35 centimeters long. The reddish, fleshy bracts have a length of 10 millimeters and are 7 millimeters wide. The cylindrical, yellow flowers are on 25 to 30 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 27 to 32 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 4 millimeters. Above this they are slightly narrowed and finally widened towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the style protrude 5 to 7 mm from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe ifanadianae is widespread in Madagascar near Ifanadiana on almost vertical quartzitic rock cliffs. The species is only known from the locality of the type.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2008.
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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. 519 .
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. 93.
- ↑ Jean-Bernard Castillon: Aloe ifanadianae JB Castillon, a new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from eastern Madagascar . In: CactusWorld . Volume 26, Number 4, 2008, pp. 237-242.