International Succulent Introductions

Lomatophyllum peyrierasii (G. Cremers) Rauh

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ISI 2003-34. Lomatophyllum peyrierasii (G. Cremers) Rauh.

Cremers described this large Aloe vaombe-like plant with rosettes up to 2 m. across on trunks 2-4 m. tall on the basis of non-fruiting material, as Aloe peyrierasii (see Adansonia 15(4):500, 1976). Rauh subsequently transferred it after R. Gerold collected fruiting material, confirming it to be a lomatophyllum. HBG 87295, plants from seed collected Nov. 24, 1999, by Röösli & Hoffmann (5999), near Irodo, S of Diego Suarez, Madagascar, where it grows in sandy soil in coastal forest with Uncarina peltata, Euphorbia ankarensis and Adansonia. $6.