Aloe albiflora

Aloe albiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species: A. albiflora
Binomial name
Aloe albiflora
Guillaumin[1]

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.[2]

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

Notes

  1. ↑  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
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Gilbert. The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Trustees, Aloes Book Fund, 1966, p. 407.
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