Aloaceae
   compleat botanica    plants    family names    Families (Ab - Az)   
 
 
   

 

 

Taxonomic
ranks

Details

 

Sponsors

 

 

More Family entries
[ Alliaceae ] [ Aloaceae ] [ Alseuosmiaceae ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Family Aloaceae

Aloe vera
aloe
poker
torch lily
tritoma
ungentine cactus

Hierarchical position of the Family Aloaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Agavales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.
  
   Familia  Aloaceae Batsch
pub. Tab. Affin. Regni Veg.: 138. 2 Mai 1802.
  

Named members of the Family Aloaceae

1
   Subfamilia  Alooideae Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 188. Jan-Aug 1829.
  
 
2
   Tribus  Aloeae (Link) A. Rich. in Orb.
pub. Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 1: 291. 18 Dec 1841.
  
 
3
   Subtribus  Aloinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 5: 18, 42. 26 Mar 1887.
  
 
4
   Genus  Aloe L.
pub. (1753)
common name: aloe
  
5
   Genus  Apicra Willd.
syn. Haworthia Duval
6
   Genus  Astroloba Uitewaal
syn. Haworthia Duval
7
   Genus  Chamaealoe A.Berger
syn. Aloe L.
8
   Genus  Chortolirion A.Berger
syn. Haworthia Duval
9
   Genus  Gasteraloe Guillaumin
10
   Genus  Gasterhaworthia G.D.Rowley
11
   Genus  Gasteria Duval
12
   Genus  Gastrolea E.Walther
syn. Gasteraloe Guillaumin
13
   Genus  Haworthia Duval
14
   Subtribus  Kniphofiinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 5: 18, 42. 26 Mar 1887.
  
 
15
   Genus  Kniphofia Moench
pub. (1794)
common name: redhot poker
  
16
   Genus  Lomatophyllum Willd.
17
   Genus  Poellnitzia Uitewaal

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

For an index to other topics see

   Plant families

 

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

  Order your copy here