Aloe mitsioana
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Aloe mitsioana is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet mitsioana refers to the occurrence of the species on the island of Nosy Mitsio, which belongs to Madagascar.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe mitsioana grows stemless or short stem-forming, branched and forms small clumps. The 12 to 15 upright to slightly inwardly curved, lanceolate-pointed leaves form a rosette . Their green, reddish tinged leaf blades are 40 to 50 inches long and 6 to 9 inches wide. The white to reddish teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 3 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has two to three branches and reaches a length of 40 to 50 centimeters. The rather dense, heady grapes are 3 to 4 inches long and consist of 30 to 40 flowers that open from the tip of the grape downwards. The white, red-veined bracts have a length of 4 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The yellow flowers are red in the bud stage. The pedicels of the top flowers are up to 32 millimeters long, the bottom flowers are located. The cylindrical flowers are 32 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above that, they are gradually expanded to 10 millimeters towards the mouth. Your tepals are almost not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe mitsioana is widespread on the island of Nosy Mitsio, which belongs to Madagascar, on basalt rocks and almost vertical cliffs.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2006.
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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. 278 .
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. 96.
- ^ Jean-Bernard Castillon: Two new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Madagascar . In: Bradleya . Volume 24, 2006, pp. 67-72.