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Scientific Name | Aloe mitriformis Mill. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. albispina (Haw.) A.Berger, Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. angustior Lam., Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. brevifolia (Aiton) W.T.Aiton, Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. commelinii (Willd.) Baker, Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. elatior Haw., Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. flavispina (Haw.) Baker, Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. humilior Haw., Aloe mitriformis Mill. var. xanthacantha (Willd.) Baker, Aloe perfoliata of other authors, not of L. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Mitre Aloe (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/01/24 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | Aloe mitriformis is a widespread and common species. Although localized declines due to habitat loss continue to occur, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, where it occurs from the Bokkeveld Escarpment near Nieuwoudtville southwards to the Cape Peninsula and the Riviersonderend Mountains near Genadendal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in crevices in rock sheets or vertical cliff faces in fynbos and renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Aloe mitriformis is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2014). Some subpopulations on the coastal lowlands of the Western Cape are threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion and agriculture, but this species is also widespread and common in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Notes |
| Aloe mitriformis is difficult to distinguish from other species of creeping Aloe such as Aloe distans and Aloe comptonii, and more taxonomic study may reveal them to be conspecific (Van Wyk and Smith 2014), in which case A. mitriformis is likely to have a much wider distribution. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe mitriformis Mill. | LC | 2020.1 | |
Bibliography |
Klopper, R.R. and Smith, G.F. 2007. The genus Aloe (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in Namaqualand, South Africa. Haseltonia 13:38-51.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2019. Aloe mitriformis Mill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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