Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aloe lutescens Groenew.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ASPHODELACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2018/10/03
Assessor(s)
H. Mtshali
Justification
Aloe lutescens has a restricted range in South Africa, and is known from only a few, widely scattered records. It is suspected to be overlooked, rather than rare or threatened. Large areas of suitable habitat is protected in the Kruger National Park and adjacent private game reserves.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Range
This species occurs from Gaborone in Botswana eastwards along the Limpopo River Valley along the border of South Africa with Botswana and Zimbabwe to the Chicualacuala district in south-western Mozambique, and southwards to Klaserie and adjacent areas in the Kruger National Park.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Savanna
Description
It occurs in partially shaded places on steep sandy slopes of river banks, scarps and rocky outcrops in hot, dry savanna.
Threats
A. lutescens is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 1996, 2003).
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aloe lutescens Groenew.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.


Zambatis, N. 1994. Ferns and flowering plants of Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, eastern Transvaal: an annotated checklist. Bothalia 24(1):37-53.


Citation
Mtshali, H. 2018. Aloe lutescens Groenew. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04

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