Aloe prostrata (previously Lomatophyllum prostratum) is a species of Aloe indigenous to Antsiranana Province (Ankarana), Madagascar. Here it grows in shady forests overlying limestone.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Aloe |
| Species: | A. prostrata
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Description
editThis species is low-growing, non-caulescent rosette, with long (15-20mm), narrow (1.5-2mm), curved, dark-green leaves. The dark leaves have many pale, confluent spots and small (3mm) marginal teeth. The plant is mildly stoloniferous, and can form clumps. The flowers are red, and are born on a simple, cylindrical inflorescence. The fruits are long-lasting berries.[2]
Aloe prostrata subsp. pallida
editThe subspecies pallida can be distinguished by its pallid colour. It has both paler leaves (light-green) and paler flowers (pinkish or yellow).[3]
Relatives
editIt is part of a group of aloes which all bear fleshy berries, and were therefore classed as a separate group, Lomatophyllum.[4] Within this group it is closely related to the solitary, faintly lineate species Aloe sakarahensis. [5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Aloe prostrata".
- ^ Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1926). Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloe de Madagascar. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, Bot. 1: 1–58.
- ^ Newton, Leonard E.; Eggli, Urs (2018). "A new combination in Madagascan aloes". Bradleya. 36 (36): 176–177. doi:10.25223/brad.n36.2018.a12. S2CID 92166895.
- ^ Rowley, G.D. (1997). The berried Aloes: Aloe section Lomatophyllum. Excelsa 17: 59–62.
- ^ "Aloe prostrata".
- ^ Teissier, M. & Lavranos, J.J. (2004). Sur l’identité de Aloe prostrata (H. Perrier) L.E. Newton & G.D. Rowley (Lomatophyllum prostratum H.Perrier) et sujets apparentés. Succulentes 2004(3): 14–20.