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								World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Fl. Indica: 83. 1768 | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
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					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Lilianae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Asparagales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Xanthorrhoeaceae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Aloe L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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		| Basionym: | 
		Aloe perfoliata var. vera L. | 
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Aloe perfoliata var. vera L. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Aloe barbadensis Mill. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe chinensis Steud. ex Baker | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe elongata Murray | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe flava Pers. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe indica Royle | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe lanzae Tod. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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								Aloe littoralis J. König ex Baker, des. inval. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe maculata Forssk., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe rubescens DC. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe variegata Forssk., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe vulgaris Lam. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe barbadensis var. chinensis Haw. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe perfoliata var. barbadensis (Mill.) Aiton | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe vera var. chinensis (Steud. ex Baker) Baker | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe vera var. lanzae Baker | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Aloe vera var. littoralis J. König ex Baker | 
							
                          
                          
						  
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		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  [AE(G) Ag Ca Cr Cy Gr Hs It Li Lu Md Si Tn Tu(A)] |