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Scientific Name | Aloe pretoriensis Pole-Evans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | Aloe pretoriensis is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | In South Africa this species is known from scattered subpopulations in high altitude grasslands of Limpopo Province, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. It also occurs along the Lebombo Mountains in eSwatini and in the Makoni and Mutare districts in north-eastern Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in exposed places on rocky outcrops and ridges in grassland and open woodland in South Africa and eSwatini. In Zimbabwe it occurs in high rainfall Brachystegia woodland. |
Threats |
| Urban expansion around Pretoria has led to localized declines of A. pretoriensis. However, this area represents only a small proportion of its range. Elsewhere A. pretoriensis is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2014). |
Population |
This species is now rare in Gauteng due to habitat loss to urban expansion, but elsewhere in its range it is still common and not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2014).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| The subpopulations in Zimbabwe are isolated from those in South Africa and Swaziland and show some morphological variation (Kativu 2001). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe pretoriensis 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.F. 2014. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa. (Third ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2018. Aloe pretoriensis Pole-Evans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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