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Aloe

(Genus)

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Plants succulent, shrubby or arborescent, scapose. Stems erect, clambering or ascending, branched or not. Leaves succulent, crowded, often rosulate or distichous; blade margins spiny-toothed or entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniculate to more often racemose, dense, bracteate. Flowers usually nodding; perianth red to yellow; tepals connate basally to almost entirely into tube; stamens 3 or 6; style slender; pedicel not articulate. Capsules papery to woody. x = 7.

Species 300 or more: introduced; primarily s and tropical Africa; also Madagascar, Arabian peninsula, and Atlantic islands (Madeira, Canary, and Cape Verde) ; naturalized in the Mediterranean region, India, and China.[1]

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Taxonomy

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The Genus Aloe is further organized into finer groupings including:

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Footnotes

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  1. "Aloe". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 410. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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Last Revised: November 20, 2008