Aloe albiflora

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Aloe albiflora
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Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species:
A. albiflora
Binomial name
Aloe albiflora

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 . [4]

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 e.T85998416A100531604. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85998416A100531604.en . Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  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 . Retrieved May 22, 2011. Notes: Madag
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Gilbert. The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Trustees, Aloes Book Fund, 1966, p. 407.


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