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Scientific Name | Aloe globuligemma Pole-Evans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Common Names | Knoppiesaalwyn (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/01 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe globuligemma is widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | In South Africa, this species is widespread across northern and eastern Limpopo Province, extending to the eastern Mpumalanga Lowveld. It also occurs in eastern Zimbabwe and south-eastern Botswana. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | It occurs in rocky areas in hot, dry thorny bushveld. |
Threats |
| A. globuligemma is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 1996, 2003). |
Population |
Aloe globuligemma is resilient to disturbance, occurring in large colonies in disturbed, eroded or degraded places (Kativu 2001). The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe globuligemma Pole-Evans | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Kativu, S. 2001. Asphodelaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 3):25-48. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 1996. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Briza Publications, Pretoria.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 2003. Guide to aloes of South Africa. (2nd ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2018. Aloe globuligemma Pole-Evans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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