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Aloe
Aloe succotrina[2]
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Faimily: Asphodelaceae
Subfaimily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
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Teep species
Aloe perfoliata
Species

See Species

Synonyms[1]
  • Kumara Medik.
  • Lomatophyllum Willd.
  • Rhipidodendrum Willd.
  • Phylloma Ker Gawl.
  • Pachidendron Haw.
  • Agriodendron Endl.
  • Atevala Raf.
  • Busipho Salisb.
  • Chamaealoe A.Berger
  • × Lomataloe Guillaumin
  • Leptaloe Stapf
  • Aloinella (A.Berger) Lemée
  • Guillauminia A.Bertrand
  • × Alchamaloe G.D.Rowley
  • × Aleptoe G.D.Rowley
  • × Allauminia G.D.Rowley
  • × Alamaealoe P.V.Heath
  • × Aloella G.D.Rowley
  • × Leptauminia G.D.Rowley
  • × Chamaeleptaloe Rowley
  • × Leptaloinella G.D.Rowley
  • × Allemeea P.V.Heath
  • × Aloptaloe P.V.Heath
  • Lemeea P.V.Heath
  • × Bleckara P.V.Heath
  • × Leminia P.V.Heath

Aloe is a genus conteenin ower 500 species o flouerin succulent plants.[3] The maist widely kent species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe", so cried acause it is cultivatit as the staundart source o sae-cried "aloe vera" for assortit pharmaceutical purposes.[4]

References

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  1. a b "Aloe". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 25 Februar 2013.
  2. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  3. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (accessed July 2013)
  4. "Aloe Vera: Science and Safety". NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Apryle 2012. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.