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Until 1996, this species was thought to be identical to Aloe massawana. Reynolds, who named the latter species, had not seen any populations in the wild. He only had access to original records indicating that the plant could be found near the town of Massawa (modern-day Mitsiwa) in Eritrea and along the eastern coast of Tanzania. He therefore chose the name massawana, but applied it to the Tanzanian specimens. In 1996, Carter et al. proved that the Eritrean specimens are in fact a distinct species, and named it Aloe eumassawana; the epithet alludes to it being truly from Massawa.

Aloe rauhii is a small acaulescent Aloe endemic to the Toliara Province of Madagascar, a very arid region in the southwestern corner of the island. It was discovered in 1961 by Professor Werner Rauh of Heidelberg University, who led many botanical expeditions in Madagascar and is considered an authority on succulent species on the island. Reynolds thus named this species after Rauh when he first published it in 1963.

Aloe burgersfortensis is a maculate Aloe with large variation from one specimen to another. It is also very similar to other maculate Aloes; in fact, Glen and Hardy treats it as synonymous with Aloe parvibracteata.

First described in 1804 by Adrian Hardy Haworth, an English entomologist and botanist, Aloe striata is now a widely-cultivated and distributed Aloe. Endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, this species can be found naturally in a wide variety of habitats, typically at mid altitudes.