Asphodelaceae
Aloe

Aloe arborescens Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a succulent shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Caroline Is., France, Italy, Korea, Madeira, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand South, Portugal, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tunisia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Carter, S., Lavranos, J.J., Newton, L.E. & Walker, C.C. (2011). Aloes. The definitive guide: 1-720. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1986). Flora of Australia 46: 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Klopper, R.R., Retief, E. & Smith, G.F. (2009). The genus Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Free State province of South Africa. Haseltonia. Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America 14: 41-52.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Smith, G.F., Klopper, R.R. & Crouch, N.R. (2008). Aloe arborescens (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) and CITES. Haseltonia. Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America 14: 189-198.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit31SI.489. epublication.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1986). Flora of Australia 46: 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Klopper, R.R., Retief, E. & Smith, G.F. (2009). The genus Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Free State province of South Africa. Haseltonia. Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America 14: 41-52.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Smith, G.F., Klopper, R.R. & Crouch, N.R. (2008). Aloe arborescens (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) and CITES. Haseltonia. Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America 14: 189-198.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Cholocholo, Aubrey; Nurmi, Arto; Steiner, Mariette [22] Malawi K000210345 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Brummitt, R.K. [9724] Malawi K000210350 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Brummitt, R.K. [11232] Malawi K000210348 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Chase, N.C. [6886] Zimbabwe K000210365 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Brummitt, R.K. [9724] Malawi K000210349 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Leach, L.C.; Bullock, E.J. [12875] Zimbabwe K000210363 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A. [407] Malawi K000210356 Yes
Feb 10, 1987 Chapman, J.D. [5792] Malawi K000210355 Yes
Feb 5, 1987 Mogg, A.O.D. [1026] Mozambique K000210367 Yes
Feb 5, 1987 Mogg, A.O.D. [1026] Mozambique K000210366 Yes
Feb 5, 1987 Richards, H.M. [16637] Malawi K000210354 Yes
Feb 5, 1987 Reynolds, G.W. [6698] Malawi K000210346 Yes
May 6, 1985 Richards, H.M. [16785] Malawi K000210351 Yes
May 6, 1985 Schäfer, P.A. [6747] Mozambique K000210357 Yes
Nicholson, C. [6869] Eswatini K002845524 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [6046] K002855326 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7116] South Africa K002845510 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [4324] South Africa K002845519 Yes
Wilms, F. [1484] South Africa K002845509 Yes
Evans, I.B.P. [210] South Africa K002845481 Yes
Judd, A.F. [s.n.] United States K002994277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002845783 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [15] South Africa K002845485 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [2469] South Africa K002845479 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5390] Mozambique K000210360 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002845782 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845784 Yes
Sutton, J.D. [1010] South Africa K002845480 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [504] Zimbabwe K002855328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001739779 Yes
Rudatis, H. [1013] South Africa K002845517 Yes
Carter; Coates-Palgrave [2704] Zimbabwe K000210362 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] South Africa K002845520 Yes
s.coll. [[5]] South Africa K002845516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845788 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [1395] South Africa K002845514 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [211] South Africa K002845518 Yes
[T. F. Barling] [s.n.] South Africa K002845478 Yes
s.coll. [5] South Africa K002845796 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001739780 Yes
Samuelson [6] South Africa K002845515 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [152] South Africa K002845508 Yes
West, O. [1080] South Africa K002845477 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [166] South Africa K002845525 Yes
K:SPC-04352.000 No
Richards, H.M. [16594] Malawi K000210352 Yes
Reynolds, G.W. [1914] South Africa K002845482 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845789 Yes
s.coll. [5] South Africa K002845793 Yes
K:SPC-04351.000 No
Morris, J.W. [1018] South Africa K002845512 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845790 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5435] Mozambique K000524264 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5435] Mozambique K000614420 Yes
Leach, L.C. [16] South Africa K002845511 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001739781 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C. [2025] Mozambique K000210358 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10091] Malawi K000210347 Yes
Brass, L.J. [16525] Malawi K000210353 Yes
Milne-Redhead [16] K:SPC-05395.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845483 Yes
Torre, A.R. [5390] Mozambique K000210359 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [3119] South Africa K002845484 Yes
s.coll. [8434] Zimbabwe K002855327 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [6046] K002855329 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002845781 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] South Africa K002845521 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845792 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4451] South Africa K002845507 Yes
Wood, M [4342] K000400924 Type Yes
Van Balen, J.C. [8186] K002845523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845794 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845785 Yes
Carter; Coates-Palgrave [2704] Zimbabwe K000210361 Yes
Miller, O.B. [2926] Zimbabwe K000210364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845791 Yes
Patel, H. [7253] Mozambique K000545214 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002845795 Yes
Wood, J.M. [11685] South Africa K002845513 Yes
s.coll. [5] K002845786 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002845797 Yes

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