1026.000 Aloe - Aloe
CHORTOLIRION A. Berger
Carter, S. (2001) Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3)
Fowler, D.G. (2007) Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing
Grace, O.M., Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Crouch, N.R., Figueiredo, E., Rønsted, N., Van Wyk, A.E. (2013) A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) Phytotaxa 76(1) 7-14
Harding, T.B.C. (1979) Aloes of the World: A Checklist, Index and Code as at December 1979. Excelsa 9
Reynolds, G.W. (1966) The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Aloes Book Fund, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Williamson, G. (2002) Notes on Zambian Aloes Aloe 39(3&4) 83-91
Description of the genus
Succulent perennials, sometimes large and shrub-like, but not dichotomously branched trees or large shrubs. Leaves borne in rosettes or distichous, usually stiff, succulent, with hard-toothed or spiny margins, spotted or unspotted; dried leaves persistent or not. Inflorescence variously branched or simple. Flowers usually brightly coloured, actinomorphic, only rarely ± 2-lipped, variously shaped, with or without a pronounced constriction above a bulbous basal swelling. A well known genus of mainly winter-flowering species. Derivation of name: Aloe is the Greek name for Aloe vera, one of the bitter aloes of medicine. Worldwide: c.365 species, tropics and especially southern Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and Canary Isles. Zimbabwe: 44 taxa. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aculeata Pole Evans | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| aculeata × excelsa hybrid | S | |
| aculeata × globuligemma hybrid | W? | |
| aculeata × ortholopha hybrid | N | |
| arborescens Mill. | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| arborescens × inyangensis hybrid | E | |
| arborescens × musapana hybrid | E | |
| ballii Reynolds var. ballii [End] [VU] | E | Description |
| ballii Reynolds var. makurupiniensis Ellert [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| barendii Klopper & Gideon F. Sm. | W,C | |
| cameronii Hemsl. var. bondana Reynolds [End] | E | Description, Image |
| cameronii Hemsl. var. cameronii | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| cameronii × christianii hybrid | ? | |
| cameronii × greatheadii hybrid | C | |
| carnea S. Carter [NrEnd] | C,E | Description, Image |
| chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| christianii Reynolds | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| collina S. Carter [End] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| cryptopoda Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| excelsa A. Berger var. excelsa | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| globuligemma Pole Evans | W,E,S | Description |
| greatheadii Schönland var. greatheadii | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| haroniensis T.A. McCoy, Plowes & O.J. Baptista | E | |
| hazeliana Reynolds var. hazeliana [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| hazeliana Reynolds var. howmanii (Reynolds) S. Carter [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| inyangensis Christian var. kimberleyana S. Carter [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| inyangensis Christian var. inyangensis [End] [LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| littoralis Baker | W,E,S | |
| lutescens Groenew. [VU] | S | Description, Image |
| munchii Christian [NrEnd] [DD] | C,E | Description, Image |
| musapana Reynolds [End] [DD] | E | Description |
| myriacantha (Haw.) Schult. & Schult. f. [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| ortholopha Christian & Milne-Redh. [End] [VU] | N | Description, Image |
| perdita Ellert [NrEnd] | E | Description |
| plowesii Reynolds [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| pretoriensis Pole Evans [VU] | C,E | |
| rhodesiana Rendle [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| spicata L.f. [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| suffulta Reynolds [NrEnd] [CR] | E,S | |
| swynnertonii Rendle [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| tauri L.C. Leach [End] | S | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. | ||
| wildii (Reynolds) Reynolds [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| zebrina Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Aloe:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AloeFlora of Burundi: Aloe
Flora of Caprivi: Aloe
Flora of the DRC: Aloe
Flora of Malawi: Aloe
Flora of Mozambique: Aloe
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Aloe
Flora of Zambia: Aloe
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Aloe
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Aloe
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AloeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aloe
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aloe
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Aloe
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Aloe
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aloe
JSTOR Plant Science: Aloe
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aloe
Plants of the World Online: Aloe
Tropicos: Aloe
Wikipedia: Aloe