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Scientific Name | Aloe kamnelii Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe kamnelii is a range-restricted species (extent of occurrence 27 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, where it is localized to the Doorn River Valley between the Gifberg Mountain and the Cederberg Mountains, and the Olifants River Valley near Trawal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo |
Description | It occurs on steep, dry, north-facing rocky shale slopes in Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo. |
Threats |
| Aloe kamnelii has no known threats. |
Population |
Aloe kamnelii is known from two subpopulations, but is likely to be more common in unexplored habitat in the Doorn River Valley. It is locally abundant, and not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe kamnelii Van Jaarsv. | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. 2009. Aloe kamnelii, a new cliff-dwelling species of Aloe section Aloe series Rhodacanthae from the Western Cape, South Africa. Aloe 46(2):36-45.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Aloe kamnelii Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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