Aloe inexpectata

Aloe inexpectata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe inexpectata
Scientific name
	Aloe inexpectata
	Lavranos & TAMcCoy

Aloe inexpectata is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet inexpectata comes from Latin , means 'unexpected' and refers to the fact that the species was found by chance while searching for another species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe inexpectata grows short stem-forming, branches out from the base and forms groups. The prostrate or ascending trunks reach a length of 3 to 12 centimeters and are 4 to 8 millimeters thick. The five to nine fairly stiff, horizontally spread leaves are arranged in two rows on the trunk. Your gray-green leaf blade is 3 to 5 inches long and 0.6 to 0.9 inches wide. The tip of the leaf is pointed. The slender, soft, deltoid, white teeth on the leaf margin are 2 to 3 millimeters long and are 2 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The upright, simple inflorescence reaches a length of 20 to 25 centimeters. The loose grapes are 5 to 7 inches long and 5 inches wide. The bracts have a length of about 5 millimeters. The cylindrical to slightly bell-shaped, coral-red flowers are almost white at their mouth and stand on 12 to 15 millimeter long, red pedicels . The flowers are about 20 millimeters long. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 6 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe inexpectata is found in Madagascar on crystalline limestone cliffs at an altitude of 1400 meters.

The first description by John Jacob Lavranos and Thomas A. McCoy was published in 2003.

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. 530 .

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. 94.
^ John J. Lavranos, Tom McCoy: Two new species of Aloe from Madagascar In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 75, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2003, pp. 256-262.

Web links

Photos of Aloe inexpectata

[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. 94.

[2] John J. Lavranos, Tom McCoy: Two new species of Aloe from Madagascar In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 75, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 2003, pp. 256-262.