''Aloidendron'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
succulent plants in the subfamily
Asphodeloideae
Asphodeloideae is a subfamily of the monocot family Asphodelaceae in the order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Asphodelaceae ''sensu stricto''. The family Asphodelaceae has now been proposed to be a nomen conserv ...
.
It was split off from the much larger genus ''
Aloe'' in 2013.
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Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies indicated that several species that were traditionally classed as members of the genus '' Aloe'' were genetically distinct and comprised an entirely separate clade. In 2013, the species were accordingly split off as a separate genus, ''Aloidendron'', a decision that was confirmed by Manning et al. in 2014.[
]
Species
, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected pla ...
accepts the following species:
References
Asphodeloideae
Asphodelaceae genera
Taxa named by Alwin Berger
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