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Scientific Name | Aloe vandermerwei Reynolds |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe angustifolia Groenew. (later homonym), not Aloe angustifolia Haw. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This species has a restricted range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 8008 km². It has no severe threats and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species has a restricted distribution in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld, from Giyani to Timbavati. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Granite Lowveld |
Description | It occurs in red clay soils in open patches in bushveld and mopane veld. |
Threats |
| This species is not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2014). |
Population |
Most of the subpopulations of this species are in protected areas, and the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Aloe vandermerwei have previously been included in the synonymy of A. zebrina, but has been reinstated (Smith et al. 2012). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe vandermerwei Reynolds | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Aloe vandermerwei Reynolds | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Reynolds, G.W. 1969. The Aloes of South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town.
Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E., Klopper, R.R. and Crouch, N.R. 2012. Summer-flowering species of maculate Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in the Aloe zebrina-complex from South Africa: reinstatement of four names, and description of A. braamvanwykii Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo. Bradleya 30:155-166.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G.F. 2014. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa. (Third ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2018. Aloe vandermerwei Reynolds. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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