Aloe albiflora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species: Aloe albiflora
Name

Aloe albiflora Guillaumin
Synonyms

Homotypic
Guillauminia albiflora (Guillaumin) A.Bertrand, Cactus (Paris) 49: 46 (1956).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional:Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Guillaumin, A. 1940. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) sér. 2, 12:353.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aloe albiflora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aloe albiflora. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Aloe albiflora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 09.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aloe albiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

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.[3]

Aloe albiflora is cultivated typically as a potted plant in greenhouses or outdoors in mostly frost-free regions.
Notes
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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"
Reynolds, Gilbert. The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Trustees, Aloes Book Fund, 1966, p. 407.