Aloe rodolphei
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Aloe rodolphei is a plant of the genus Aloe in the subfamily of asphodeloideae (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet rodolphei honors Rodolphe Castillon.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe rodolphei grows stemless, is solitary or branched from the base and forms two to three rosettes . The up to 30 lanceolate leaves are upright or spread out. Your leaf blade is 20 to 30 inches long and 4 to 6 inches wide. The tip is rounded and serrated. The pointed, yellow teeth on the leaf margin are 2 millimeters long and 4 to 10 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or has up to four branches. It reaches a length of 100 centimeters. The branches are often replaced by single or clusters of four or five bulbils . The almost dense grapes are heady to short cylindrical. The hanging flowers open from the tip of the grape downwards. The white bracts have a length of 5 millimeters and are just as wide. The cylindrical, yellow flowers are on 16 to 24 millimeter long, reddish flower stalks . The flowers are 23 millimeters long. At the level of the ovary , the flowers are 7 millimeters in diameter. Your outer tepals are not fused together. The stamens and the stylus barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe rodolphei is found in Madagascar on quartzite hills. The species is only known from the area where the type was found.
The first description by Jean-Bernard Castillon was published in 2008.
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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. 245 .