Aloe oligophylla

Aloe oligophylla
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Aloes ( aloe )
Type :	Aloe oligophylla
Scientific name
	Aloe oligophylla
	Baker

Aloe oligophylla is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla plants (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet oligophylla is derived from the Greek words oligos for 'little' and phyllon for 'leaf' and refers to the few leaves of the species.

description

Vegetative characteristics

Aloe oligophylla grows in a stem-forming manner. The two to four linear leaves form a rosette . The green leaf blade is 120 to 150 centimeters long and 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters wide. The green teeth on the leaf margin are 1 to 3 millimeters long and 12 to 25 millimeters apart.

Inflorescences and flowers

The simple inflorescence reaches a length of 20 to 28 centimeters. The rather dense grapes are 5 to 8 inches long. The deltoid bracts are 1 millimeter long. The flowers are on 12 to 15 millimeter long peduncles and are narrowed at their base.

fruit

The fruits are spherical berries with a 3 millimeter stalk.

Systematics and distribution

Aloe oligophylla is common in Madagascar .

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1883. A nomenclature synonym is Lomatophyllum oligophyllum H. Perrier (1926).

The species is only known from the type specimen .

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. 272 .
Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe purpurea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 165 .

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. 97.
^ John Gilbert Baker: Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar. - Part III. Incompletæ, Monocotyledons, and Filices . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 20, Number 128, June 1883, pp. 272-273 ( online ).

[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. 97.

[2] John Gilbert Baker: Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar. - Part III. Incompletæ, Monocotyledons, and Filices . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 20, Number 128, June 1883, pp. 272-273 ( online ).