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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae)
Phytotaxa, Volume 76, No. 1, Year 2013
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Description
The predominantly southern African Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) has long been regarded as comprising seven so-called alooid genera (Aloe, Astroloba, Chortolirion, Gasteria, Haworthia, Lomatophyllum, Poellnitzia). A reassessment of the classification of the traditionally broadly circumscribed genus Aloe, a charismatic Old World group of leaf succulents, has necessitated nomenclatural adjustments. We propose a narrower generic concept for Aloe s. str. and the recognition of segregate genera to reflect accumulating evidence for monophyletic groups: here, the genus Kumara is reinstated and the new genera Aloidendron and Aloiampelos are established. New combinations are made in Aloe for the three species of Chortolirion. © 2013 Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Grace, Olwen M.
United Kingdom, Richmond
Jodrell Laboratory
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Naturhistoriske Museum
Klopper, Ronell R.
South Africa, Pretoria
South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Smith, Gideon F.
South Africa, Pretoria
South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Portugal, Coimbra
University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology
Crouch, Neil R.
South Africa, Pretoria
South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Figueiredo, Estrela
Portugal, Coimbra
University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology
South Africa, Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela University
Rønsted, Nina A.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Naturhistoriske Museum
van Wyk, Abraham E.
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Statistics
Citations: 44
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/phytotaxa.76.1.2
ISSN:
11793155
e-ISSN:
11793163