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Scientific Name | Aloe braamvanwykii Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2c |
Assessment Date | 2014/04/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 4553 km²), that has lost 80% of its habitat to crop cultivation. Based on rates of habitat loss, it is estimated that the population has declined by at least 50% within the past 30 years (one generation of this slow-growing, long-lived species). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | North West |
Range | Stella to Schweizer-Reneke and Wolmaransstad. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Stella Bushveld, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Thornveld, deep sandy soils on plains. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is extensively cultivated, and subpopulations occur on isolated remnants of natural vegetation among crop fields (Smith et al. 2012). Currently, less than 20% of natural vegetation remains within this species' known range, and loss is ongoing and rapid, with a 57% loss over the past 30 years (estimated using GIS). |
Population |
Plants are long-lived and typically form dense clumps of up to 70 flowering heads (Smith et al. 2012). It has a restricted range, isolated from other members of the Aloe zebrina complex, and is currently known from only a few subpopulations, but surveys may reveal more. It is absent from extensive areas of suitable habitat further east towards Klerksdorp (Smith et al. 2012). Plants occur in remnant patches of sandy thornveld, and based on the extent of habitat loss, the population is estimated to have declined by at least 50% over the past generation (30 years).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe braamvanwykii Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo | EN A2c | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Aloe braamvanwykii Gideon F.Sm. & Figueiredo. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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