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Scientific Name | Aloe claviflora Burch. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe decora Schönland, Aloe schlechteri Schönland |
Common Names | Aanteelaalwyn (a), Kanonaalwyn (a), Kraalaalwyn (a), Laeraalwyn (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/31 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe claviflora is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Aloe claviflora is widespread across the arid interior of the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, extending into southern Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Well drained areas on rocky slopes or flat stony areas at the margins of Kalahari thornveld. Usually, but not always, on calcrete. |
Threats |
| Aloe claviflora is widespread and common in a sparsely populated area where land use impact on the natural vegetation other than livestock grazing is very low. Aloe claviflora is not impacted by grazing, and is considered not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 2003). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This Aloe species has a peculiar habit of growing with leaf rosettes arranged to form open circle or 'fairy ring', which is the result of vegetative reproduction where younger rosettes form towards the outer edges of a clump with the central older plants eventually dying off and leaving an open area in the centre. The Afrikaans common name "Kraalaalwyn" is a very apt description of the growth habit. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe claviflora Burch. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Glen, H.F. and Hardy, D.S. 2000. Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 5 Part 1, Fascicle 1:1-159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Klopper, R.R. and Smith, G.F. 2007. The genus Aloe (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) in Namaqualand, South Africa. Haseltonia 13:38-51.
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.
Reynolds, G.W. 1969. The Aloes of South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 1996. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Briza Publications, Pretoria.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 2003. Guide to aloes of South Africa. (2nd ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2018. Aloe claviflora Burch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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