Aloe perfoliata L.

Heterotypic Synonyms

• Aloe albispina Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 22 (1804)
• Aloe brevifolia Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 23 (1804), nom. illeg.
• Aloe commelyni Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 282 (1811)
• Aloe commelyni var. flavispina (Haw.) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 171 (1880)
• Aloe commelyni var. mitriformis (Mill.) Haw. in Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 43 (1821)
• Aloe commelyni var. pachyphylla Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 172 (1880)
• Aloe commelyni var. spinulosa (Salm-Dyck) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 171 (1880)
• Aloe commelyni var. xanthacantha (Willd.) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 172 (1880)
• Aloe depressa Salm-Dyck ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 57 (1840), not validly publ.
• Aloe distans var. reflexa Salm-Dyck ex Haw. in Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 44 (1821)
• Aloe flavispina Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 22 (1804)
• Aloe mitriformis DC. in Pl. Hist. Succ.: 99 (1802), nom. illeg.
• Aloe mitriformis Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 385 (1809), nom. illeg.
• Aloe mitriformis Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768)
• Aloe mitriformis var. albispina (Haw.) A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 278 (1908)
• Aloe mitriformis var. angustior Lam. in Encycl. 1: 87 (1784)
• Aloe mitriformis var. commelyni (Willd.) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 171 (1880)
• Aloe mitriformis var. elatior Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 27 (1804), not validly publ.
• Aloe mitriformis var. flavispina (Haw.) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 181 (1878)
• Aloe mitriformis var. humilior Haw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 23 (1804)
• Aloe mitriformis var. humilior Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 282 (1811), nom. illeg.
• Aloe mitriformis var. pachyphylla Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 172 (1880)
• Aloe mitriformis var. spinulosa (Salm-Dyck) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 171 (1880)
• Aloe mitriformis var. xanthacantha (Willd.) Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 172 (1880)
• Aloe parvispina Schönland in Rec. Albany Mus. 1: 283 (1905)
• Aloe perfoliata var. brevifolia Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 467 (1789)
• Aloe perfoliata var. mitriformis (Mill.) Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 467 (1789)
• Aloe reflexa Marum ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 59 (1840)
• Aloe spinulosa Salm-Dyck in Observ. Bot. Horto Dyck. 3: 4 (1822)
• Aloe xanthacantha Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 282 (1811)

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