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Scientific Name | Aloe lutescens Groenew. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Although this species has a restricted range within South Africa, it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Restricted distribution in South Africa, occurring in northern and eastern Limpopo Province between the Soutpansberg and the Limpopo River. A few records are known from adjacent areas in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Savanna, grows on dry rocky slopes or stony areas, often in shade or partial shade of trees and shrubs. |
Threats |
| A. lutescens is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 1996). |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kruger National Park. |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Aloe lutescens Groenew. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2018/12/12 |
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