Aloe purpurea
A species in the Asphodelaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
- Species
- Aloe purpurea
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1783
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Aloe purpurea. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
16 synonyms in this snapshot
- Aloe marginalisName author: DC.
- Aloe marginataName author: Willd.
- Aloe rufocinctaName author: Haw.
- Dracaena dentataName author: Pers.
- Dracaena foetidaName author: Salisb.
- Dracaena marginataName author: Aiton
- Drakaina marginataName author: (Hoffmanns.) Raf.
- Lomatophyllum aloiflorumName author: (Ker Gawl.) G.Nicholson
- Lomatophyllum borbonicumName author: Willd.
- Lomatophyllum marginatumName author: Hoffmanns.
- Lomatophyllum purpureumName author: (Lam.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Lomatophyllum rufocinctumName author: (Haw.) Salm-Dyck ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Lomatophyllum saundersiiName author: C.Green ex G.W.Johnson & R.Hogg
- Phylloma aloiflorumName author: Ker Gawl.
- Phylloma borbonicumName author: (Willd.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Phylloma rufocinctumName author: (Haw.) Sweet
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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