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Scientific Name | Aloe challisii Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, J.E. Burrows & M. Lötter |
Justification | Known from a single location, potentially threatened by collecting and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Steenkampsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lydenburg Montane Grassland |
Description | Afromontane mistbelt grassland, in rock crevices among moss on upper vertical, south to southeast-facing sandstone cliffs, 1700-1800 m. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering], Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe challisii Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and van Wyk, A.E. 2006. Aloe challisii, a new cliff-dwelling aloe from Mpumalanga, and a checklist of the obligate cliff-dwelling aloes in South Africa and Namibia. Aloe 43(2 & 3).
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Burrows, J.E. & Lötter, M. 2006. Aloe challisii Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/05/26 |
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