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Aloe gigas  Res.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 950934

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum 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 gigas Res.  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jacobsen, Hermann   
  Publication Date: 1974   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Lexicon of Succulent Plants   
  Page(s): 664   
  Publisher: Blanford Press Ltd.   
  Publication Place: London, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 071370652X   
  Notes: English edition, after the first German edition, Jena 1970   
  Reference for: Aloe gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Comps.)   
  Publication Date: 2001   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of CITES Species   
  Page(s): 335   
  Publisher: CITES Secretariat/UNEP-WCMC   
  Publication Place: Geneva, Switzerland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-899628-17-7   
  Notes: Available from CITES Secretariat, 15, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Aloe gigas   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Described from a specimen found in the Coimbra Botanical Garden in Portugal  
 

 

    


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