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Scientific Name | Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D.Rowley |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Haw., Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. major Salm-Dyck, Aloe fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. minor Salm-Dyck, Aloe subfasciata Salm-Dyck, Apicra fasciata Willd., Haworthia browniana Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. forma browniana (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer, Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. fasciata forma ovato-lanceolata Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. fasciata forma sparsa Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. fasciata forma subconfluens (Poelln.) Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. fasciata forma vanstaadensis Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. fasciata forma variabilis Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. major (Salm-Dyck) Haw., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. minor (Salm-Dyck) Poelln., Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. var. subconfluens Poelln., Haworthia subfasciata (Salm-Dyck) Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/01/24 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & G. Marx |
Justification | Although it has a restricted distribution (EOO 3400 km²), it has been recorded from more than 20 locations. Habitat loss in ongoing as a result of ploughing for pasture as well as rapid urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Gamtoos River Valley to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Sundays Valley Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Bethelsdorp Bontveld |
Description | Stony areas in grassy fynbos in acid sandstone-derived soil. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion around Port Elizabeth, as well as agricultural expansion around Humansdorp. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D.Rowley | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | | Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bayer, M.B. 1999. Haworthia Revisited: A revision of the genus. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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.
Rowley, G.D. 2013. Generic concepts in the Alooideae. Part 3 - The phylogenetic story. Alsterworthia International Special Issue 10:1-6.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Marx, G. 2005. Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D.Rowley. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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