Wylliespoort Aloe

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aloe angelica Pole-Evans
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ASPHODELACEAE
Common Names
Tshikhopha (v), Wylliespoort Aloe (e), Wylliespoortaalwyn (a), Wylliespoort-aalwyn (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2018/10/03
Assessor(s)
H. Mtshali & J.E. Victor
Justification
Aloe angelica has a restricted distribution range (EOO 3138 km²), but it is locally common and not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Limpopo
Range
Aloe angelica is endemic to a small area of northern Limpopo Province, where it occurs in the Blouberg and Soutpansberg mountains, extending to northern Venda and the Kruger National Park.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld
Description
Open places with shallow soils, and rocky places in dense bush along drier northern slopes.
Threats
Less than 20% of this species preferred habitat, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, is irreversibly modified. Loss has however occurred predominantly on the southern slopes of the Soutpansberg, while Aloe angelica occurs mainly on the north-facing slopes. In some areas the habitat is degraded due to overgrazing (Hahn 2002), but this species is resilient to grazing and unlikely to be significantly impacted. In some parts of Venda there is also ongoing habitat loss to expansion of rural settlements and agriculture. According to Van Wyk and Smith (1996, 2003), Smith et al. (2000) and Hahn (2002) Aloe angelica is not threatened.
Population

Aloe angelica is locally very common, occurring in large numbers in suitable habitat (Van Wyk and Smith 1996, Hahn 2002).


Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aloe angelica Pole-EvansLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aloe angelica Pole-EvansNot Threatened Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aloe angelica Pole-EvansRare Hall et al. (1980)
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.


Hahn, N. 2002. Endemic flora of the Soutpansberg. Unpublished MSc, Univeristy of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.


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.


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.


Smith, G.F., Steyn, E.M.A., Victor, J.E., Crouch, N.R., Golding, J.S. and Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. Aloaceae: The conservation status of Aloe in South Africa: an updated synopsis. Bothalia 30(2):206-211.


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.


Citation
Mtshali, H. & Victor, J.E. 2018. Aloe angelica Pole-Evans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01

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