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Scientific Name | Aloe dyeri Schönland |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & H. Mtshali |
Justification | Aloe dyeri is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread along the eastern Mpumalanga escarpment from Bushbuckridge to Piet Retief in South Africa. It also occurs in western Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in shaded areas in river valleys and ravines, 1000-1500 m. |
Threats |
| A. dyeri is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2003). |
Population |
Aloe dyeri is a widespread species, but known from only a few, scattered records. It is most likely poorly collected, rather than rare or threatened. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe dyeri Schönland | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aloe dyeri Schönland | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African 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.
Smith, G.F., Steyn, E.M.A., Victor, J.E., Crouch, N.R., Golding, J.S. and Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. Aloaceae: The conservation status of Aloe in South Africa: an updated synopsis. Bothalia 30(2):206-211.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 2003. Guide to aloes of South Africa. (2nd ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Mtshali, H. 2018. Aloe dyeri Schönland. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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