View source for Aloe ← Aloe You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Aloe |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 319. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 150. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Aloe |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Aloaceae;Aloe |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aloaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aloe]]</div></div> |etymology=Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 410 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism texture;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>succulent, shrubby or arborescent, scapose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, clambering or ascending, branched or not.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf texture;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>succulent, crowded, often rosulate or distichous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade margin shape;blade margin shape">blade margins spiny-toothed or entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence density;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, paniculate to more often racemose, dense, bracteate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>usually nodding;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="perianth coloration">perianth red to yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal fusion">tepals connate basally to almost entirely into tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen quantity">stamens 3 or 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style size">style slender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel architecture">pedicel not articulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>papery to woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule texture;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=primarily s and tropical Africa;also Madagascar;Arabian peninsula;and Atlantic islands (Madeira);and Atlantic islands (Canary);and Atlantic islands (and Cape Verde);naturalized in the Mediterranean region;India;and China |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 300 or more (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Aloe saponaria (Aiton) Haworth, distinguished by its yellow sap and glaucous red flowers with yellow throats, is cultivated in the southwestern United States and has been observed to escape. Apparently it persists only when supplementary water is available.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perianth yellow; inflorescences unbranched or rarely branched; leaf blade margins green. |[[Aloe vera|Aloe vera]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perianth red; inflorescences divided distally into 5–10 arching branches; leaf blade margins narrowly whitish. |[[Aloe ×schonlandii|Aloe ×schonlandii]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aloe |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Aloaceae |distribution=primarily s and tropical Africa;also Madagascar;Arabian peninsula;and Atlantic islands (Madeira);and Atlantic islands (Canary);and Atlantic islands (and Cape Verde);naturalized in the Mediterranean region;India;and China |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_845.xml |genus=Aloe |blade margin shape=entire;spiny-toothed |capsule texture=papery;woody |flower orientation=nodding |inflorescence architecture=bracteate |inflorescence arrangement=racemose;paniculate |inflorescence density=dense |inflorescence position=terminal;axillary |leaf arrangement=distichous;rosulate;crowded |leaf texture=succulent |pedicel architecture=not articulate |perianth coloration=red;yellow |stamen quantity=6;3 |stem architecture=not;branched |stem orientation=ascending;clambering;erect |style size=slender |tepal fusion=connate |whole_organism architecture=scapose |whole_organism growth form=plant;arboreous;shrubby |whole_organism texture=succulent |x chromosome quantity=7 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Aloaceae]] Templates used on this page: 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) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Aloe.