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Taxonomy

Notes:

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Genus Aloe:

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]

Habit: Evergreen.

Flowers: Bloom Period: blooms repeatedly • Flower Color: red, yellow

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Distribution

Range and Population

South Africa (Cape, Transvaal, Natal, and Swaziland).

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aloe:

There are approximately 1,203 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. abhaica · A. beguinii · A. imbricata · A. imerinensis · A. lapaixii · A. lynchii · A. mortolensis · A. perfectior · A. qaharensis · A. 'Black Beauty' (Aloe) · A. 'Blue Elf' (Aloe) · A. 'Brass Hat' (Aloe) · A. 'Cholula' (Aloe) · A. 'Crosby's Prolific' · A. 'Doran Black' (Aloe) · A. 'Green Gold' · A. 'Green Peace' · A. 'Harry Butterfield' (Aloe) · A. 'Hey Babe' (Aloe) · A. 'Humvir' · A. 'Johnson's Hybrid' (Aloe) · A. 'Kid's Kandy' (Aloe) · A. 'Lavender Beauty' (Aloe) · A. 'Little Porker' (Aloe) · A. 'Lizard Lips' (Aloe) · A. 'Midas' · A. 'Minibelle' (Aloe) · A. 'Park AVenue' · A. 'Pink Lace' (Aloe) · A. 'Pink Perfection' (Aloe) · A. 'Quick Silver' (Aloe) · A. 'Quicksilver' (Aloe) · A. 'Red Hot Chile' (Aloe) · A. 'Rooikappie' (Aloe) · A. 'Sophie' (Aloe) · A. 'Sparkling Burgundy' (Aloe) · A. 'Tingtinkie' (Aloe) · A. 'Tiny Gem' · A. 'Walmsley's Blue' (Walmsley's Blue Aloe) · A. 'White Stag' (Aloe) · A. 'William Hertrich' (Hybrid Aloe) · A. aageodonta · A. abhica · A. abyssicola · A. abyssinica · A. acinacifolia · A. aculeata (Aloe) · A. acuminata · A. acutissima (Aloe) · A. acutissima var. antanimorensis (Aloe) · A. acutissima var. fiherenensis · A. acutissima var. isaloana · A. adigratana · A. adigratona · A. aethiopica · A. affinis (Aloe) · A. africana (Spiny Aloe) · A. agavefolia · A. agrophila · A. ahmarensis · A. albicans · A. albida · A. albida × haworthioides · A. albiflora (Aloe) · A. albispina · A. albocincta · A. albopicta · A. albostriata · A. albovestita · A. aldabrense · A. aldabrensis · A. alexandrei · A. alfredii · A. alooides (Aloe) · A. altilinea · A. amanensis · A. ambigens · A. ambositrae · A. ambrensis · A. americana · A. amicorum · A. ammophila · A. amoena · A. amudatensis (Aloe) · A. andohahelensis · A. andongensis (Aloe) · A. andongensis var. repens · A. andringitrensis (Aloe) · A. angelica (Aloe) · A. angiensis · A. angolensis · A. angulata · A. angusta · A. angustifolia · A. anivoranoensis · A. ankaboense · A. ankaranensis · A. ankoberensis · A. antandroi · A. antandroy

Bibliography

• Moran, R. 1992. Aloe wild in California. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 64: 55-56.
• Reynolds, G. W. 1982. The Aloes of South Africa, ed. 4. Rotterdam.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
• Carr, Gerald
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
• Species Fungorum 2006.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1195801
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:529960-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 708032

Footnotes:

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