Aloe vulgaris and Aloe barbadensis, a member of the lily family.
An American aloe is an ornamental flowering plant, Latin name Agave americana.
The language that the term aloe Vera evolved from is Arabic and Latin. Aloe comes from the Arabic word, Alloeh, meaning shining bitter substance while Vera is Latin and means true.
The scientific name for aloe vera is actually Aloe vera.This is for the common succulent that is used widely for medicinal and cosmetic purposes.Other species of aloe plants exist all over the world, and their taxonomy can be found athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera#Taxonomy_and_etymology
Aloe vera is the botanical name.
Aloe is the genus name for the Aloe plant, the species name is entirely dependant on what species it is!
believe it or not the scientific name of the aloe vera plant, or medicinal aloe, is "aloe vera"
Aloe barbadensis
aloe vera
Aloe vera is the botanical or scientific name of the Aloe vera plant!It does however have a number of other synonyms such as Aloe barbadensis (which to a certain degree are also correct)
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Aloe spp. (Aloe vera).
The botanical name for aloe vera is Aloe barbadensis miller.
Aloe Barbaderis Mill