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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 | 2018/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | It is endemic to the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, where it occurs along the coast from Port Elizabeth to Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Savanna |
Description | This subspecies is a creeper among bushes in wooded ravines or thicket vegetation. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this taxon as its habitat is not suitable for agriculture or development, but it is occasionally degraded due to overgrazing. This however does not appear to affect this taxon as it is relatively common and not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2014). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloiampelos ciliaris (Haw.) Klopper & Gideon.F.Sm. var. ciliaris | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Aloe ciliaris Haw. var. ciliaris | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Brandham, P.E. and Carter, S. 1990. A revision of the Aloe tidmarshii/A. ciliaris complex in South Africa. Kew Bulletin 45(4):637-645.
Grace, O.M., Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Crouch, N.R., Figueiredo, E., Rønsted, N. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2013. A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae). Phytotaxa 76(1):7-14.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G.F. 2014. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa. (Third ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2018. Aloiampelos ciliaris (Haw.) Klopper & Gideon.F.Sm. var. ciliaris. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04 |
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