Aloe est genusplantarum florentium, cui sunt plus quam 550 speciesplantarum suculentarum.[3] Species latissime nota est Aloe vera, sic dicta quia usitata variorum medicamentorum fons colitur.[4] Aliae species, sicut Aloe ferox, pro adhibitionibus similibus etiam coluntur vel ex feris colliguntur.[5]
Species selectae
Nonnullae ex speciebus rite agnotis sunt sequentes.[3]
Aloe aculeata Pole-Evans
Aloe africana Mill.
Aloe albida (Stapf) Reynolds
Aloe albiflora Guillaumin
Aloe arborescens Mill.
Aloe arenicola Reynolds
Aloe argenticauda Merxm. & Giess
Aloe bakeri Scott-Elliot
Aloe ballii Reynolds
Aloe ballyi Reynolds
Aloe brevifolia Mill.
Aloe broomii Schönland
Aloe buettneri A.Berger
Aloe camperi Schweinf.
Aloe capitata Baker
Aloe comosa Marloth & A.Berger
Aloe cooperi Baker
Aloe corallina Verd.
Aloe dewinteri Giess ex Borman & Hardy
Aloe erinacea D.S.Hardy
Aloe excelsa A.Berger
Aloe ferox Mill.
Aloe forbesii Balf.f.
Aloe helenae Danguy
Aloe hereroensis Engl.
Aloe inermis Forssk.
Aloe inyangensis Christian
Aloe jawiyon S.J.Christie, D.P.Hannon & Oakman ex A.G.Mill.
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Castillon, Jean-Bernard, et Jean-Philippe Castillon. 2010. Les aloe de Madagascar. Etang-Salé Reunionis: J.-P. Castillon. ISBN 9782746618725, ISBN 2746618729.
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Van Wyk, Ben-Erik, et Gideon Smith. 2014. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Ed. tertia. Praetoriae. ISBN 9781920217389. OCLC 897036340.