Aloe fimbrialis
Species of succulent plant
Aloe fimbrialis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
Genus: | Aloe |
Species: | A. fimbrialis |
Binomial name | |
Aloe fimbrialis S.Carter |
Aloe fimbrialis is a succulent plant species from Zambia and possibly Tanzania. A very unusual Aloe as it forms a caudex which can grow to five centimeters in diameter, the leaves grow up to ten centimeters long. The inflorescence can reach 90 centimeters in length and has coral-pink flowers. It usually grows on termite mounds. Aloe fimbrialis is a very rare aloe, first discovered in 1964 and formally described by Susan Carter Holmes in 1996[1] from a herbarium specimens. Graham Williamson rediscovered the species in 2002[2][3] on the border of Zambia and Angola, close to the source of the Zambezi River.
References
External links
- Aloe fimbrialis The Plant List
- Aloe fimbrialis Encyclopedia of Life
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