Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aloe cooperi
sábila grande
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Aloe
Species
cooperi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2005
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Gibbs, G.E. Welman, W.G., Reitief, F., Immelman, K.L., Germishuizen, G., Pienaar, B.J. & Nicholas, A. (1987) List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aloe cooperi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2060. Accessed 3 November 2026.