Aloe ortholopha — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Aloe

At a glance

Occurrence records14

Data sources6

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aloe ortholopha's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 records↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources8 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem · LOTUS14 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF14 records

01Narrative

Aloe ortholopha is an aloe native to open grassland at 1450–1525 meters altitude in the northern Great Dyke, Mvurwi Range, Zimbabwe.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent perennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition14 compounds

Compounds documented for Aloe ortholopha across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

💊 Medicinal use documented

Compound class profile4 classes

Anthraquinones and anthrones6

Acetate-derived alkaloids $ Piperidine alkaloids2

Acetate-derived alkaloids2

Naphthoquinones1

Documented compounds14 total

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Coniine	present	LOTUS
(-)-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
(2R)-2-Propylpiperidine	present	LOTUS
(4S)-3,4-Dihydro-4,8,9-trihydroxy-6-methylanthracen-1(2H)-one	present	LOTUS
1,5,8-Trihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthracenedione	present	LOTUS
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-6-propylpyridine	present	LOTUS
Aloechrysone	present	LOTUS
Aloesaponarin I	present	LOTUS
Aloesaponarin II	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type14 records

Wild obs. + sensor12

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO24 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 8>10 km 3

11 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor12

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.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cape Town, ZA	2

1 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown