Aloe mandotoensis
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Aloe mandotoensis is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet mandotoensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Mandoto on Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe mandotoensis grows without stem or stem-forming, is single or branched. The trunks reach a length of up to 30 centimeters and are 3 centimeters thick. The 15 to 20 ascending leaves are ovate-pointed. Their bright green leaf blades are 40 to 45 inches long and 5 to 8 inches wide. Occasionally there are pink longitudinal spots. The pink teeth on the leaf edge are 3 millimeters long and 5 to 7 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of five to eleven branches and reaches a length of 100 centimeters. The almost loose, cylindrical-conical grapes are 20 to 30 centimeters long. The bracts have a length of 10 millimeters. The cylindrical, red flowers are on 12 millimeter long, red flower stalks . The flowers are 30 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 4 to 5 millimeters in diameter. Above that, they are extended to 7 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 20 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 3 to 4 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe mandotoensis is widespread in Madagascar in the area around Mandoto on granite-like rocks at an altitude of about 1400 meters.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2003.
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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. 332 .
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. 95.
- ↑ Jean-Bernard Castillon: Un nouvel Aloe (Aloaceae) du center de Madagascar . In: Le Journal de Botanique de la Société de botanique de France . Number 21, 2003, pp. 7-9.