Aloe purpurea

Aloe purpurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species: Aloe purpurea

Name

Aloe purpurea Lam., Encycl. 1: 85 (1783).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lomatophyllum purpureum (Lam.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 325 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Dracaena marginata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 454 (1789), nom. illeg.
  • Dracaena foetida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 254 (1796).
  • Aloe marginalis DC., Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 31 (1800), nom. illeg.
  • Dracaena dentata Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 371 (1805), nom. superfl.
  • Aloe marginata Willd., Enum. Pl.: 382 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Lomatophyllum borbonicum Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 166 (1811).
  • Phylloma aloiflorum Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1585 (1813).
  • Aloe rufocincta Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 45 (1819).
  • Lomatophyllum marginatum Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 74 (1824).
  • Phylloma rufocinctum (Haw.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 423 (1826).
  • Phylloma borbonicum (Willd.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 361 (1829).
  • Lomatophyllum rufocinctum (Haw.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1715 (1830).
  • Drakaina marginata (Hoffmanns.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 17 (1838).
  • Lomatophyllum saundersii C.Green ex G.W.Johnson & R.Hogg, J. Hort. Cottage Gard. 46: 337 (1871).
  • Lomatophyllum aloiflorum (Ker Gawl.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 296 (1885).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Mascareñas Mauritius References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1997. Encycl. 1: 85

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aloe purpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aloe purpurea. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 19 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Aloe purpurea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 19.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aloe purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

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