taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	type_taxon	Type: Aloestrela suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (≡ Aloe suzannae Decary).	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	discussion	Number of species: one.	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Solitary, very large, tall-growing, single-stemmed, aloe-like perennial, reaching a height of 4 m. Leaves erect to gracefully curved upwards, glaucous-green (Figure 4); surface rough to the touch, margins dentate; apices blunt-rounded. Inflorescence araceme, to 3 m tall. Flowers tubular, perigone apices recurved.	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	description	Description: Perennial, solitary, very large, single-stemmed, leaf succulent. Stem to 3 – 4 (– 7?) m tall, up to 25 cm in diameter, brown, rough, usually unbranched, less frequently branched. Leaves 100 × 8 – 10 cm, amplexicaul, succulent, nu-merous, erect to gracefully curved upwards, cymbiform in cross-section, remains of old leaves persistent for a short time; surface dull glaucous green, roughened, lacking spots and scattered teeth, leathery; margins armed with small, triangular teeth; apices blunt- to obtuse-rounded, small-toothed. Inflorescence asimple, erect, densely flowered, cylindrical, brush-like raceme, to 3 m tall including peduncle; peduncle to 1 m long; pedicels to 30 mm long; bracts to 15 mm long, not exceeding pedicels, ± elongated-deltoid. Flowers 30 – 40 (– 45) mm long, with aslight basal swelling, nocturnal; tepals spreading to strongly recurved apically, white to creamy white, orangey pink-infused; anthers well-exserted, spreading fan-like beyond mouth of flower; filaments pinkish orange; ovary cylindrical; ovules placed almost horizontally, 24 – 30 per locule (Steyn & Smith, 1998: 195). Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seed shortly winged. Chromosome number: 2 n = 14 (Brandham, 1971: 387). Genome size (2 C / pg) 33.3 picograms (Zonneveld, 2002: 8).	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Toliara Province (formerly Toliary or Tuléar), aformer province of Madagascar (endemic).	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	conservation	Conservation: The species is of conservation concern (Smith & Swartz, 1997, 1999; Castillon & Castillon, 2010: 274) and is regarded as Critically Endangered (Rakotoarisoa et al., 2014: 89).	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25AFF97FEEB3055FB40FA41.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The genus Aloestrela is named for Professor Dr Estrela Figueiredo of the Department of Botany of the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Figure 1). Estrela has a longstanding interest in succulent plants and authored or co-authored over 100 scientific papers and several books on aloes alone. The specific epithet suzannae commemorates Mademoiselle Suzanne Decary, daughter of Raymond Decary. Decary first described the species as an aloe (Decary, 1921: 26, foot note no. 2).	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25BFF90FC9430E7FB9FFC91.taxon	materials_examined	Type: MADAGASCAR. Ambovombe, 21 July [1923] 1924, [R.] Decary 2913, MNHN-P-P 00413803 (neo-), here designated.	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25BFF90FC9430E7FB9FFC91.taxon	discussion	Note on the type of the name Aloe suzannae, basionym of Aloestrela suzannae: The name Aloe suzannae was published on page 26 of Decary (1921). There is no citation of specimens in the protologueof thename, only mention of localities, as follows: “ sud d’Ambaro [south of Ambaro], nord est du Faux Cap [northeast of Faux Cap], Anta-ramaitsy, suddu cirquede Malaimpioky [south of the ‘ circus’; in ageological sense it means ahalfopen, steep-sided hollow at the head of avalley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion] ”. Further, on page 10 of the text of Decary (1926), before starting his notes on plants, he states that he had an opportunity to record some observati-ons on a certain number of plants of the Tsihombe district, which he presented in the text that follo-wed [“ Il m’a été donné de faire sur un certain nom-bre de plantes du district de Tsihombe quelques observations que je donne ci-après ”.] Seven of the Decary specimens of Aloe suzannae that are held at Herb. P are databased. In one case the specimen does not have a collector’s num-ber, i. e., it is to be cited as Decary s. n.; the six other specimens are numbered. The six numbered specimens and the unnumbered one resolve as fol-lows, with an indication of the type-status labels that have been affixed to them:	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25BFF90FC9430E7FB9FFC91.taxon	materials_examined	Decary 2913; MNHN-P-P 00413800; 21 Juillet 1924; purple-stamped “ Ambovombe ”; red-labelled “ ISOTYPE ”. Decary 2913; MNHN-P-P 00413801; 21 July 1924; specimen databased, but no image available online at P; “ Verbatim locality Ambovombe ”. Decary 2913; MNHN-P-P 00413802; 21 Juillet 1924 [“ donné par M. Henri Perrier de la Bâthie en 1932 ”; purple-stamped “ Ambovombe ”; red-labelled “ ISOTYPE ”. Decary 2913; MNHN-P-P 00413803; 21 Juillet 192 3; “ Ambovombe ” written by hand in black ink; red-labelled “ TYPE ”. This specimen was also seen by G. W. Reynolds, well-known student of Aloe, as he placed his signature on the specimen, and dated his signature to “ 18 / 8 / 55 ”. Decary 3450; MNHN-P-P 00413806; 23 November 1924 [“ Reçu le ”, i. e., “ Received on ”, presumably at Herb. P] 1 octobre 1925; “ Ambovombe ” written by hand in black ink; Decary 9283; MNHN-P-P 00413805; 2 October 1931, [“ Reçu le ”, i. e., “ Received on ”, presumably at Herb. P] 20 Mai 1932; red-stamped “ Ambovombe ”; envelope with fragments. Decary s. n.; MNHN-P-P 00413804; no collecting date [“ Reçu le ”, i. e., “ Received on ”, presumably at Herb. P] 12 Novembre 1921; no locality given; envelope with fragments.	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
03C11C72B25BFF90FC9430E7FB9FFC91.taxon	discussion	Note that six of the seven specimens enumerated above unambiguously have collecting dates that postdate the publication of the name Aloe suzannae, so they cannot be regarded as the holo-type / isotypes. Furthermore, the seventh specimen, Decary s. n., does not have acollecting date (nor a collecting locality, for that matter), with only adate on which it was received, presumably at Herb. P. Since the collecting date of Decary s. n. (and the locality from which it was collected) are unknown, and because it consists of only an envelope with fragments, we did not consider this specimen as aviable option for typification purposes. In addition, since Decary (1926) did not mention any specimens in the protologue of the name A. suzannae, this name clearly does not have a holotype. We here neotypify the name Aloe suzannae, basionym of Aloestrela suzannae, with R. Decary 2913, MNHN-P-P 00413803, the only one of the seven specimens listed above that is dated 21 July 192 3. However, the date (July 1923) is considered to be amistake as other collections of Decary that fall in the 2900 s range were made in 1924. For example, Decary 2985, P P 00508553, dates from 20 July 1924. The other three Decary 2913 specimens (1 to 3, above) are all dated 21 July 1924, and therefore isoneotypes, i. e., duplicates of the neotype designated here.	en	Smith, Gideon F., Molteno, Steven (2019): Aloestrela Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a new alooid genus with A. Suzannae (Decary) Molteno & Gideon F. Sm. As the only species. Bradleya 37: 3-7, DOI: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/372e3fce-fd3a-39a6-a841-669dc65bb048/
