Aloe fievetii subsp. johannis-baptistei

Overview

Aloe fievetii subsp. johannis-baptistei is native to Madagascar and has been recorded from a large inselberg south of Ambalavao. It is solitary, stemless or nearly stemless and does not offset; green leaves form an open rosette, while the racemes are subcapitate and the flowers are campanulate and orange-yellow. [1, 2]

Key characteristics

Leaves

The rosette reaches up to 90 cm in diameter; leaves reach up to 60 cm long and up to 8 cm wide at the base. [2]

Inflorescence and flowers

The inflorescence has up to 10 branches; racemes are subcapitate and the flowers are campanulate and orange-yellow. [2]

Distribution

Native to Madagascar. Castillon (2013) records the subspecies from the summit of a large inselberg south of Ambalavao. [1, 2]

Classification and nomenclature

Accepted name: Accepted name: Aloe fievetii subsp. johannis-baptistei J.-B.Castillon. It is a subspecies of Aloe fievetii Reynolds and was published in CactusWorld 31: 47 (2013); the protologue used the form Aloe fievetii Reynolds ssp. johannis-baptistei J.-B. Castillon, ssp. nov. [1, 2]
Etymology: The epithet johannis-baptistei honours Jean-Baptiste, a Malagasy friend of the author. [2]

Parent taxon: Aloe fievetii
Sibling subspecies: Aloe fievetii subsp. fievetii
Varieties in the same species: Aloe fievetii var. altimatsiatrae

Aloe fievetii var. ambatofinandrahanensis

Main references

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP).
Castillon, J.-B. (2013). Two new subspecies of Aloe from central Madagascar, and further observations on Aloe trachyticola. CactusWorld 31(1): 45–51.

Updates

Classification, distribution and descriptive information are revised as new sources are verified or taxonomic treatments change.