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Scientific Name | Gasteria vlokii Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld, J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO <100 km²), known from fewer than five subpopulations. No known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groot Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Grootrivier Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Rock crevices on high altitude sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gasteria vlokii Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Gasteria vlokii Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1992. The genus Gasteria, a synoptic review. Aloe 29(1):1-32.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J., Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Gasteria vlokii Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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