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Aloes
Aloe
Aloe ( also written aloë) is a genus containing 594 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe", which is cultivated as a source for topical uses and dietary supplements. Other species, such as Aloe ferox, are also cultivated or harvested from the wild for similar applications.
The APG IV system (2016) places the genus in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae. Within the subfamily, it may be placed in the tribe Aloeae. In the past, it has been assigned to the family Aloaceae (now included in the Asphodeloidae) or to a broadly circumscribed family Liliaceae (the lily family). The plant Agave americana, which is sometimes called "American aloe", belongs to the Asparagaceae, a different family.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
aloe vera
speciesAloe vera
Candelabra Aloe
speciesAloe arborescens
soap aloe
speciesAloe maculata
Cape Aloe
speciesAloe ferox
Highveld Spotted Aloe
speciesAloe davyana
mountain aloe
speciesAloe marlothii
Creeping Aloes
sectionMitriformis
Coral Aloe
speciesAloe striata
small-spotted aloe
speciesAloe microstigma
Uitenhage aloe
speciesAloe africana
Dwala Aloe
speciesAloe chabaudii
tiger tooth aloe
speciesAloe juvenna
Transvaal Aloe
speciesAloe transvaalensis
Dune aloe
speciesAloe thraskii
French Aloe
speciesAloe pluridens
Rand Grass Aloe
speciesAloe verecunda
tilt-head aloe
speciesAloe speciosa
Turks Aloe
speciesAloe peglerae
kraal aloe
speciesAloe claviflora
Lebombo Aloe
speciesAloe spicata
Fynbos Aloe
speciesAloe succotrina
Short-leaved Aloe
speciesAloe brevifolia
Ecklon's aloe
speciesAloe ecklonis
Mopane Aloe
speciesAloe littoralis
spotted aloe
speciesAloe greatheadii
Cooper's aloe
speciesAloe cooperi
snake aloe
speciesAloe broomii
red-spined aloe
speciesAloe lineata
Sand Aloe
speciesAloe hereroensis
van Balen's aloe
speciesAloe vanbalenii
Aloe divaricata
speciesAloe divaricata
Candelabra Aloe
speciesAloe candelabrum
Aloe capitata
speciesAloe capitata
Golden Toothed Aloe
hybridAloe × nobilis
spotted aloe hybrid
hybridAloe × schimperi
Gariep aloe
speciesAloe gariepensis
Dwarf Soap Aloe
speciesAloe grandidentata
Spiral aloe
speciesAloe polyphylla
blue krantz aloe
speciesAloe mutabilis
Pretoria aloe
speciesAloe pretoriensis
Boyle's Grass Aloe
speciesAloe boylei
Dr Pienaar's Aloe
speciesAloe pienaarii
black-thorn aloe
speciesAloe melanacantha
Sandpaper Aloe
speciesAloe asperifolia
Letty's Spotted Aloe
speciesAloe lettyae
Zimbabwe Aloe
speciesAloe excelsa
Book-leaved Aloe
speciesAloe suprafoliata
zebra leaf aloe
speciesAloe zebrina
Hedgehog Aloe
speciesAloe humilis
rock aloe
speciesAloe petricola
Aloe imalotensis
speciesAloe imalotensis
Cat's Tail Aloe
speciesAloe castanea
Karoo aloe
speciesAloe longistyla
Clanwilliam aloe
speciesAloe comosa
prickly aloe
speciesAloe aculeata
Bottlebrush Aloe
speciesAloe rupestris
Aloe subspicata
speciesAloe subspicata
Malagasy Tree Aloe
speciesAloe vaombe
Smoothstem Aloe
speciesAloe parvibracteata
Heath Grass Aloe
speciesAloe chortolirioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 3 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.17
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.56
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.377
Garden of Health
1507 · p.20
Medical and Philosophical Garden
Joachim Camerarius · 1588 · p.349
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.542
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.23
Garden of Health
1507 · p.21
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.46
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.48
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.49
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.736
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Aloe in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71956.