Aloe philippei
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Aloe philippei is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet philippei honors Jean-Philippe Castillon , the son of the first person to describe it.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe philippei grows short trunk-forming, branched and forms small clumps. The trunks reach a length of 5 to 25 centimeters. The linear-lanceolate, upright-spreading leaves form rosettes . Your green leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 2 to 5 inches wide. The rounded tip is serrated. The teeth on the red or green, cartilaginous leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 5 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has one or two branches and reaches a length of 40 centimeters. The loose, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 12 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. The bracts have a length of 3 millimeters and are 1.5 millimeters wide. The cylindrical-triangular, scarlet flowers are on 12 millimeter long peduncles . The flowers are 25 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. Above that, they are narrowed to 4 millimeters towards the mouth. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 16 millimeters. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe philippei is widespread in Madagascar in the Toliara province on limestone cliffs on the banks of the Fiheranana at an altitude of 400 meters.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2005. The species is possibly a natural hybrid between Aloe acutissima var. Fiherenensis and Aloe viguieri ( Aloe × philippei ).
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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. 243 .
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. 98.
- ↑ Jean-Bernard Castillon: A new kind and a new variety of the genus Aloe (Aloaceae) from the region of Tuleár, Madagascar . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 56, Number 10, 2005, pp. 267-271.
- ^ In: International Cactus Adventures . Number 83, 2009, p. 26.