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Scientific Name | Aloe ecklonis Salm-Dyck |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Common Names | Grasaalwyn (a), Grass Aloe (e), Hloho-tsa-makaka (ss), Isiphukuthwane (z), Isiphuthumane (z), Lekxalana (ss), Maroba Lihale (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/31 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe ecklonis is an extremely common and widespread weedy species that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species occurs from the Eastern Cape northwards through the KwaZulu-Natal interior and eastern Free State to the Mpumalanga Highveld in South Africa. It also occurs in Swaziland and Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | It occurs in highly variable habitats, but generally prefers heavy clay soils in grassland. It occurs in moist as well as well-drained sites, and from near sea level to very high altitudes in the Drakensberg. It is often found in severely degraded and disturbed species-poor grasslands as well as in areas under heavy alien infestation. |
Threats |
| A. ecklonis is the most common and widespread species of grass aloe in South Africa. It is one of the few species of grass aloe able to survive in habitats that have been severely degraded or otherwise altered by the impacts of dense human populations and alien invasive encroachment. It is one species that is likely to remain a part of the grassland flora long after many species have declined to extinction (Craib 2005). |
Population |
A. ecklonis is the most common and most widespread grass aloe species in South Africa (Craib 2005).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe ecklonis Salm-Dyck | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Craib, C. 2005. Grass Aloes in the South African Veld. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2018. Aloe ecklonis Salm-Dyck. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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