Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aristaloe aristata
Planta antorcha, Torch plant
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Aristaloe
Species
aristata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aloe aristata Haw. (GBIF, 2021; POWO, 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native distribution range is S. Africa (POWO, 2022).
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Manning, J. Boatwright, J., Daru, B., Maurin, O. & van der Bank, M. (2014) A Molecular Phylogeny and Generic Classification of Asphodelaceae Subfamily Alooideae: A Final Resolution of the Prickly Issue of Polyphyly in the Alooids? Manning, J., Boatwright, J., Daru, B., Maurin, O. & van der Bank, M. (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.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aristaloe aristata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20355. Accessed 5 November 2026.