Aloe bakeri Scott-Elliot (1891:60)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Guillauminia bakeri (Scott Elliot) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 147 (1994)
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Walker, 2019:184) or Extinct in the Wild (Castillon & Castillon, 2010; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last wild record: 1890's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); 2007 (Walker, 2019:183)
Distribution
south-east Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: Scott-Elliot 2937 (Walker, 2019:182)
Other specimens:
Reynolds 7806 [collected 1 July 1955] (Walker, 2019:183)
Rauh M1407 [collected 1959] (Walker, 2019:183)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Scott-Elliot, G. F. (1891). New and little-known Madagascan plants, collected and enumerated by G.F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S. J. Linn Soc. Bot. 29: 1-67, tt.1-12.
Other references:
Carter, S., Lavranos, J. J., Newton, L. E. and Walker, C. C. (2011). Aloes: The Definitive Guide. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing/British Cactus & Succulent Society. 720 pp.
Castillon, J.-B. and Castillon, J.-P. (2010). Les Aloe de Madagascar/The Aloe of Madagascar. Privately published, Etang-Salé, Île de la Réunion.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Corman, P. and Mays, H. (2008). Aloe bakeri Scott-Elliot. Alst. Int. 8(2): 2-4.
Dorr, L. J. (1997). Plant collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Heath, P. V. (1994). New nothogeneric names in the Asphodelaceae. Calyx 4: 146-147.
Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1926). Les Lomatophyllum et les Aloe de Madagascar. Mem. Soc. Linn. Normandie ser. 2 Bot.1(1): 1-58, tt.1-9.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 12 September 2024]
Rauh, W. (1964). Bemerkenswerte Sukkulenten aus Madagaskar. 16. Die Aloe-Arten Madagaskars (Fortsetzung). Kakt. and. Sukk.15: 217-221.
Rauh, W. (1995). Succulent and xerophytic plants of Madagascar. Volume one. Strawberry Press, Mill Valley, California.
Reynolds, G. W. (1955). Hunting aloes in Madagascar. African Wild Life 9: 298-319.
Reynolds, G. W. (1958). Les aloes de Madagascar. Institut de Recherche Scientifique de Madagascar, Tananarive - Tsimbazaza.
Reynolds, G. W. (1966). The aloes of tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Trustees, The Aloes Book Fund, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Verdoorn, I. C. (1963). Aloe bakeri. Flow Pl. Afr. 36: t.1401.
Walker, Colin C. (2019). Aloe bakeri – a critically endangered highly localised Madagascan endemic. CactusWorld 37(3): 181-186.