Aloe arborescens
Mill. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Aloe arborescens's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 204 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Aloe arborescens, the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe, is a species of flowering succulent perennial plant that belongs to the genus Aloe, which it shares with the well known and studied Aloe vera. The specific epithet arborescens means "tree-like". Aloe arborescens is valued by gardeners for its succulent green leaves, large vibrantly-colored flowers, winter blooming, and attraction for birds, bees, and butterflies.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment14
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Aloe arborescens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds51 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-3,4-Dihydro-3,6,9-trihydroxy-8-methylanthracen-1(2h)-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-3,6,9-trihydroxy-1-methyl-8-oxo-2-anthracenecarboxylic acid methyl ester | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-beta-Phellandrene | present | NPASS | |
| (10R)-1,8-dihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-10H-anthracen-9-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,3'R,6S)-4,5-Didehydro-5,6-dihydro-beta,beta-carotene-3,3'-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (4S)-3,4-Dihydro-4,8,9-trihydroxy-6-methylanthracen-1(2H)-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (R)-alpha-Phellandrene | present | NPASS | |
| 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohexene | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,5,8-Trihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthracenedione | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,5-Anhydro-1-[7-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-oxo-2-(2-oxopropyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-8-yl]-2-O-[3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acryloyl]hexitol | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aloe arborescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Aloe arborescens carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1424×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +6
2n 286×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Oberlander2016
n 76×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type7 206 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions32 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Pretoria, ZA | 86 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 59 |
| Durban, ZA | 32 |
| Kew, GB | 25 |
| Adelaide, AU | 18 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 14 |
| Brisbane, AU | 12 |
| Auckland, NZ | 9 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 8 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 7 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 7 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 5 |
| Kochi, JP | 5 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 5 |
| Durango, MX | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Córdoba, AR | 3 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Maringá, BR | 2 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Bruce Bayerlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| GHPG$location not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 1 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Canberra, AU | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Aloe arborescens was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.