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Scientific Name | Aristaloe aristata (Haw.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe aristata Haw., Aloe aristata Haw. var. leiophylla Baker, Aloe aristata Haw. var. parviflora Baker, Aloe ellenbergeri Guillaumin, Aloe longiaristata Schult. & J.H.Schult., Tulista aristata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley |
Common Names | Baard-aalwyn (a), Guinea-fowl Aloe (e), Langnaaldaalwyn (a), Long-awned Aloe (e), Serelei (ss), Tarentaalaalwyn (a), Umathithibala (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Aristaloe aristata is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape |
Range | This species is widespread in South Africa and Lesotho, where it occurs from the eastern Karoo eastwards through the interior of the Eastern Cape, across Lesotho and adjacent areas in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Nama Karoo |
Description | Its habitat is variable. In the Karoo it is found in hot, dry sandy areas, but elsewhere in the range it also occurs in deep shade in riverine forest, as well as open montane grasslands in Lesotho and adjacent areas. |
Threats |
| It has become locally extinct in some areas (Van Wyk and Smith 1996). The authors do not specify why the local extinctions occurred. They are possibly the result of removal of plants from the wild by succulent collectors, as the species is used in traditional medicine, but the impact of harvesting on the population is not known. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aristaloe aristata (Haw.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Aloe aristata Haw. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aloe aristata Haw. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Glen, H.F. and Hardy, D.S. 2000. Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 5 Part 1, Fascicle 1:1-159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. and Van der Bank, M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: A final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the Alooids? Systematic Botany 39(1):55-74.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Reynolds, G.W. 1969. The Aloes of South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 1996. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Aristaloe aristata (Haw.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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