Aloe penduliflora

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	LILIALES	ALOACEAE

Scientific Name:	Aloe penduliflora
Species Authority:	Baker

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2009

Assessor/s:

Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants

Reviewer/s:

Beentje, H., Gereau, R., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Luke, Q., Lyaruu, H., Maunder, M., Mwachala, G., Ndangalasi, H., Njau, F., Schatz, G. & Wabuele, E. (East African Plants Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
The extent of occurrence and area of occupancy both meet the thresholds for an Endangered listing, and there are only four to five locations and the species is likely to be undergoing continuing decline due to collection for medicinal purposes, hence is listed as Endangered..

History:

1997

–

Indeterminate (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known only from southern Kenya from Mt. Kasigau and Kilibasi Hill and more recently it has been seen and collected on the Taita Hills (E. Wabuele and J. Mwachala pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Population [top]

Population:	Common in the Taita Hills, but little is known about the other localities.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Grows in mist forest on crystalline mountains, often on rock slabs at the edges of bushes.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Is collected by people for medicinal use but is not as popular as other species.

Major Threat(s):

Is collected by people for medicinal use but is not as popular as other species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Is known to occur in Kasigau Forest Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

Is known to occur in Kasigau Forest Reserve.

Bibliography [top]

	Carter, S. 1994. Aloaceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).

Carter, S. 1994. Aloaceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).

Citation:	Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project Participants 2009. Aloe penduliflora. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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