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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Aloaceae |accepted_authority=Batsch |publications= |common_names=Aloe Family |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Aloaceae |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aloaceae]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 12, 15, 18, 20 |treatment_page=page 410 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism size or width;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees,</b> shrubs, and succulents, perennial, simple to sparsely branched, rhizomatous, some tuberous-thickened.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>simple, alternate, usually crowded at bases of stems or ends of branches, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade texture;margin architecture;margin arrangement">blade fleshy, margins often prickly, venation parallel.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, axillary, or lateral, spicate, racemose, or paniculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture;flower height or length or size;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>3-merous, short to long-pedicellate, rarely sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration">perianth red, brown, yellow, orange, or whitish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal architecture;tepal arrangement;tepal fusion;tepal texture">tepals petaloid, connivent or connate basally to almost entirely into tube, sometimes fleshy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen quantity;stamen position;stamen position">stamens sometimes 3, usually 6, exserted or included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther fixation;anther dehiscence">anthers dorsifixed, dehiscence antrorse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pollen-grain pubescence">pollen-grains monosulcate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary architecture;ovary placentation">ovary 3-carpellate, placentation axile, usually with septal nectaries;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style position or structure subtype">style terminal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma coloration or relief;stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas punctate, discoid, or 3-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit dehiscence;fruit position"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, rarely baccate, dehiscence loculicidal, apical.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed architecture;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>usually winged or flattened.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=All;Africa;Madagascar;Arabia;and Atlantic islands |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Genera 5, species ca. 700 (1 genus, 2 species in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Aloaceae are closely related to and included by some authors in Liliaceae.</p><!-- --><p>The juice of some Aloe species is used to make a purgative called bitter aloe; active ingredients include aloin and other anthraquinones. Additionally, the thick, mucilaginous gel of some species is widely used to treat minor thermal burns, itching, and sunburn.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aloaceae |author=Walter C. Holmes;Heather L. White |authority=Batsch |rank=family |parent rank= |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Aloaceae |illustrator=Bee F. Gunn |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=All;Africa;Madagascar;Arabia;and Atlantic islands |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_844.xml |anther dehiscence=antrorse |anther fixation=dorsifixed |blade texture=fleshy |flower architecture=sessile;long-pedicellate;3-merous |flower height or length or size=short |fruit architecture=baccate;capsular |fruit dehiscence=loculicidal |fruit position=apical |inflorescence architecture=spicate |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate;racemose;paniculate;racemose |inflorescence position=lateral;axillary;lateral;axillary;terminal |leaf architecture=sessile;simple |leaf arrangement=crowded;alternate |margin architecture=prickly |margin arrangement=parallel |ovary architecture=3-carpellate |ovary placentation=axile |perianth coloration=whitish;orange;whitish;orange;yellow;brown;red |pollen-grain pubescence=monosulcate |seed architecture=winged |seed shape=flattened |stamen position=included;exserted |stamen quantity=6;3 |stigma coloration or relief=punctate |stigma shape=3-lobed;discoid;3-lobed;discoid |style position or structure subtype=terminal |tepal architecture=petaloid |tepal arrangement=connivent |tepal fusion=connate |tepal texture=fleshy |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous;simple;sparsely branched |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=shrub;tree |whole_organism size or width=tuberous-thickened }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]] Templates used on this page: Aloaceae Illustrations (view source) Template:Aloaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Return to Aloaceae.