Biology:Aloe albiflora

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Short description: Species of aloe

Aloe albiflora

Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species:
A. albiflora
Binomial name
Aloe albiflora
Guillaumin[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Guillauminia albiflora (Guillaumin) A.Bertrand

Aloe albiflora is a species of aloe indigenous to Madagascar with narrow, muricate leaves and widely campanulate, snow-white flowers that are 10mm long and 14mm across the mouth. Its nearest affinity, based on leaf characters only, is Aloe bellatula.[5]

Aloe albiflora is cultivated typically as a potted plant in greenhouses or outdoors in mostly frost-free regions.

Notes

  1. Rakotoarisoa, S.E. (2020). "Aloe albiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85998416A100531604.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85998416/100531604. Retrieved 17 January 2024. 
  2. "Aloe albiflora Guillaumin 11940" (in en). UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. https://speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/27959. 
  3.  Aloe albiflora was first described and published in Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. (Paris) sér. 2, 12: 353. 1940 "Plant Name Details for Aloe albiflora". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=529183-1. "Notes: Madag" 
  4. "Aloe albiflora Guillaumin" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/529183-1. 
  5. Reynolds, Gilbert. The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Trustees, Aloes Book Fund, 1966, p. 407.

Wikidata ☰ Q140911 entry