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Aloe vera  (L.) Burm. f.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 182653

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Aloe barbadensis Mill.
  
    Aloe vulgaris Lam.
  
    Aloe perfoliata var. vera L.
  
  Common Name(s): Barbados aloe [English]
  
    acíbar [Spanish]
  
    aloe vera [English]
  
    áloe de los Barbados [Spanish]
  
    aloès amer [French]
  
    aloès vulgaire [French]
  
    atzavara [Spanish]
  
    aloja [Spanish]
  
    burn plant [English]
  
    coastal aloe [English]
  
    common aloe [English]
  
    Curaçao aloe [English]
  
    flor de deserto [Spanish]
  
    Indian aloe [English]
  
    Jaffarabad aloe [English]
  
    lináloe [Spanish]
  
    loto de deserto [Spanish]
  
    maguey morado [Spanish]
  
    mazambron [French]
  
    medicinal aloe [English]
  
    Mediterranean aloe [English]
  
    penca sábila [Spanish]
  
    pita zabila [Spanish]
  
    pitera amarelo [Spanish]
  
    sábila do penca [Spanish]
  
    star cactus [English]
  
    toots amarelo [Spanish]
  
    true aloe [English]
  
    unguentine cactus [English]
  
    West Indian aloe [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyXanthorrhoeaceae   
                               GenusAloe L. – aloes  
                                  SpeciesAloe vera (L.) Burm. f. – Barbados aloe, acíbar, aloe vera, áloe de los Barbados, aloès amer, aloès vulgaire, atzavara, aloja, burn plant, coastal aloe, common aloe, Curaçao aloe, flor de deserto, Indian aloe, Jaffarabad aloe, lináloe, loto de deserto, maguey morado, mazambron, medicinal aloe, Mediterranean aloe, penca sábila, pita zabila, pitera amarelo, sábila do penca, star cactus, toots amarelo, true aloe, unguentine cactus, West Indian aloe  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Liliaceae s.l. of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Aloe vera   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aloe vera   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Aloe vera   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Aloe vera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grace, Olwen M., Ronell R. Klopper, Estrela Figueiredo, and Gideon F. Smith   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: The aloe names book   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Strelitzia, vol. 28   
  Page(s): viii + 232   
  Publisher: South African National Biodiversity Institute and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew   
  Publication Place: Pretoria, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-919976-648   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aloe vera, acíbar [Spanish], áloe de los Barbados [Spanish], aloe vera [English], aloès amer [French], aloès vulgaire [French], aloja [Spanish], atzavara [Spanish], Barbados aloe [English], burn plant [English], coastal aloe [English], common aloe [English], Curaçao aloe [English], flor de deserto [Spanish], Indian aloe [English], Jaffarabad aloe [English], lináloe [Spanish], loto de deserto [Spanish], maguey morado [Spanish], mazambron [French], medicinal aloe [English], Mediterranean aloe [English], penca sábila [Spanish], pita zabila [Spanish], pitera amarelo [Spanish], sábila do penca [Spanish], star cactus [English], toots amarelo [Spanish], unguentine cactus [English], West Indian aloe [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
    Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

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