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[ Alococarpum ] [ Aloe ] [ Aloinopsis ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Aloe

Hierarchical position of the Genus Aloe

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.       Subfamilia  Alooideae Link pub. Handbuch 1: 188. Jan-Aug 1829.       Tribus  Aloeae (Link) A. Rich. in Orb. pub. Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 1: 291. 18 Dec 1841.       Subtribus  Aloinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 5: 18, 42. 26 Mar 1887.       Genus  Aloe L. pub. (1753) common name: aloe

Named members of the Genus Aloe

1	Species  arborescens Miller common name: candelabra aloe
2	Species  barbadensis P. Mill. syn. Aloe vera
3	Species  ferox Miller common name: cape aloe
4	Species  perfoliata L.
	5    Varietas  vera L. syn. Aloe vera
6	Species  perryi Baker common name: Perry's aloe
7	Species  vera (L.) Burm. f. common name: Barbados aloe, ungentine cactus, medicinal aloe, Aloe vera
8	Species  vulgaris Lam. syn. Aloe vera

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

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

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