Isotype of Aloe andongensisL.C.Leach [family ASPHODELACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leach,
Related name
Aloe andongensis
Flora
Entry for ALOE andongensis Baker [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE andongensisBaker [family ALOACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 263. —Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 173.
Information
Caudex 1–2 ft. long, with 2–3 ascending branches. Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate, glaucous, unspotted, 8–9 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. broad low down; teeth small, horny, deltoid-cuspidate. Panicle deltoid; racemes dense, capitate, 2–3 in. long; pedicels 1/4– 1/3 in. long, the central spreading, the lower deflexed; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. Perianth yellowish-red, 7–8 lin. long; tube short, campanulate. Stamens as long as the perianth.
