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Scientific Name | Aloiampelos ciliaris (Haw.) Klopper & Gideon.F.Sm. var. ciliaris |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe ciliaris Haw., Aloe ciliaris Haw. var. flanaganii Schönland |
Common Names | Climbing Aloe (e), Rankaalwyn (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 16 800 km², but more than 20 locations known. The habitat is not seriously threatened and this species is not likely to be threatened by extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Coastal plains between Port Elizabeth and Mazeppa Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Creeper among bushes in wooded ravines or thicket vegetation. |
Threats |
| The habitat is not seriously threatened as it is not suitable for agriculture or development, but it is occasionally degraded due to overgrazing. This however does not appear to affect this species as it is relatively common and not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 1996). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| A. ciliaris is a hexaploid form (containing six duplicates of the basic chromosomes) of a species formerly recognized as A. tidmarshii (Brandham and Carter 1990). |
Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2009. Aloiampelos ciliaris (Haw.) Klopper & Gideon.F.Sm. var. ciliaris. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/06 |
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