Rafael Minjares-Fuentes, Antoni Femenia, in Nonvitamin and Nonmineral Nutritional Supplements, 2019. Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller). Aloe vera, a member of the Liliaceae family, is a perennial plant with turgid green leaves joined at the stem in a rosette pattern.The Aloe vera leaves are formed by a thick epidermis (skin) covered with cuticles surrounding the …