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Taxon:  Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.



Summary
Genus:
Aloe
Subfamily:
Asphodeloideae
Nomen number:
311403
Place of publication:
Fl. indica 83. 1768 1 Mar-6 Apr
Verified:
09/28/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Aloe perfoliata L. var. vera L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Aloe vulgaris Lam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aloe barbadensis Mill.
Aloe humilis Blanco
Aloe indica Royle, nom. nud.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  6. Hodge, W. H. 1953. The drug aloes of commerce, with special reference to the Cape species. Econ. Bot. 7:100-105. Note: = A. barbadensis Mill.
  7. Howard, R. 1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 3:455-457.
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  9. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
  10. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  11. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  13. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983- Note: = A. barbadensis Mill.
  14. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:295.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  16. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  17. Täckholm, V. & M. Drar. Flora of Egypt. 1954-
  18. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1980. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 5:20.
  20. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  21. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
aloe vera –
Barbados aloe –
Curaçao aloe –
true aloe –
West Indian aloe –
French
aloès vulgaire –
German
echte Aloe –
Portuguese (Brazil)
babosa –
babosa-medicinal –
erva-babosa –
Spanish
acibar –
aloe –
sávila –
Swedish
äkta aloe –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
gum/resin (for cosmetics fide Pl Book; Dict Econ Pl) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Dict Econ Pl; Pl Book; Econ Bot 7:100-105. 1953, as A. barbadensis; Ayurveda Ency, as A. indica; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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