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Scientific Name | Aloe mudenensis Reynolds |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Common Names | Icena (z), Kleinaalwyn (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/01/10 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe mudenensis has a restricted distribution range, but is locally very common. It is resilient to disturbance and is therefore not considered in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species is endemic to the dry river valleys of the central KwaZulu-Natal interior, from the Bushman's River Valley near Estcourt, to the Tugela River near Kranskop, and southwards to the Mgeni River Valley between Pietermaritzburg and Wartburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Thukela Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld |
Description | It occurs in open arid valley bushveld and thornveld, 500-1700 m. |
Threats |
| Scott-Shaw (1999) listed A. mudenensis as Near Threatened, but do not mention any causes of decline or potential threats to this species. The main threat to plant species within the range of A. mudenensis is habitat degradation due to severe overgrazing. However, according to Glen and Hardy (2000) A. mudenensis is capable of surviving in heavily overgrazed areas. A. mudenensis is not threatened according to Van Wyk and Smith (2014).
About 30% of this species' habitat is currently irreversibly modified, predominantly due to loss to crop cultivation and rural settlements. Land cover changes between 1990 and 2014 however show no significant ongoing loss. |
Population |
This species has a restricted range, but is locally abundant in suitable habitat, especially around Muden. It possibly declined due to habitat loss in the past, but since no recent, ongoing habitat loss has been recorded, the population is assumed to be stable or possibly increasing as a result of overgrazing.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe mudenensis Reynolds | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aloe mudenensis Reynolds | 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.
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.F. 2014. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa. (Third ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2020. Aloe mudenensis Reynolds. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/25 |
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