Aloe Vera, a Versatile Plant that is Easy to Grow
Taxonomy Taxonomists have had considerable difficulty with Aloe vera. According to Wikipedia, Carolus Linnaeus called this species Aloe perfoliata var. vera, but Nicolaas Laurens Burman soon gave it the scientific name that is commonly applied to it in our present day. Other botanists made further suggestions, so that Aloe vera has acquired a number of ...