Aloe vera

Aloe vera

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales
Familia: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Aloe
Species: Aloe vera

Herbal Farming in Chhattisgarh: Aloe vera

Name

Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f., 1768.

• Type-protologue: India: without data. LT: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: t. 3. 1692 [1]. Vide Wijnands, 1983.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aloe perfoliata var. vera L., Sp. Pl. 1: 320. 1753.

• Heterotypic
  • Aloe barbadensis Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 2. 1768.
  • Aloe elongata Murray, Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 191. 1789.
  • Aloe flava Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 378. 1805.
  • Aloe lanzae Tod., Hort. Bot. Panorm. 2: 39. 1890.
  • Aloe littoralis J.König ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 176. 1880, nom. inval.
  • Aloe maculata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 73. 1775), nom. illeg.
  • Aloe perfoliata var. barbadensis (Mill.) Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 466. 1789.
  • Aloe rubescens DC., Pl. Hist. Succ.: 15. 1799.
  • Aloe vera var. lanzae Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 230. 1880.
  • Aloe vera var. littoralis J.König ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 176. 1880.
  • Aloe vulgaris Lam., Encycl. 1: 86. 1783.

References

• Burman, N.L. 1768. Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non Prodromus Florae Capensis 83.
• Govaerts, R. & al. 2011. Aloe vera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Jan 25.
• Wijnands, D.O. 1983. Botany of the Commelins 127.

Vernacular names

Bahasa Indonesia: Lidah buaya
español: Sabila
galego: Áloe vera
latviešu: Īstā alveja
Türkçe: Tıbbi sarısabır
中文: 庫拉索蘆薈

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