Aloidendron

Aloidendron
Aloidendron dichotomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Tribe:	Aloeae
Genus:	Aloidendron (A.Berger) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. [1]
Type species
Aloidendron barberae
The distribution of Aloidendron in southern Africa.

Aloidendron is a genus of succulent plants in the subfamily Asphodeloideae. ^[2] It was split off from the much larger genus Aloe in 2013. ^[1]

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. ^[3]

Range

'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000016-QINU`"'

• Select IUCN distribution
• '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000013-QINU`"'
     Aloidendron dichotomum
• '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000014-QINU`"'
     Aloidendron ramosissimum
• '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000015-QINU`"'
     Aloidendron pillansii

Species

As of October 2017 ^[update] , the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Aloidendron barberae (Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	Eastern Cape through the former Transkei, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga; and northwards to Mozambique and East Africa
	Aloidendron dichotomum (Masson) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	north of Keetmanshoop, in Namibia. Northern Cape of South Africa at Gannabos.
	Aloidendron eminens (Reynolds & P.R.O.Bally) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	the northern area around Erigavo,Somalia.
	Aloidendron pillansii (L.Guthrie) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	Namibia and South Africa
	Aloidendron ramosissimum (Pillans) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	between South Africa and Namibia
	Aloidendron sabaeum (Schweinf.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning	Saudi Arabia and Yemen
	Aloidendron tongaense (van Jaarsv.) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.	KwaZulu-Natal, at the border between Mozambique and South Africa

References

1. "Aloidendron", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2017-10-15
2. "Aloidendron (A.Berger) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
3. Manning, John; Boatwright, James S.; Daru, Barnabas H.; Maurin, Olivier & Bank, Michelle van der (2014), "A Molecular Phylogeny and Generic Classification of Asphodelaceae Subfamily Alooideae: A Final Resolution of the Prickly Issue of Polyphyly in the Alooids?", Systematic Botany, 39 (1): 55–74, doi:10.1600/036364414X678044, S2CID   86714657