Aloe ramosissima is a synomym for Aloe dichotoma

Aloe dichotoma

Aloe dichotoma, also known as Quiver tree or Kokerboom, is a species of aloe indigenous to Southern Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region, and Namibia....

var. ramosissima. The species is also called Maiden's Quiver Tree. Found in the arid Richtersveld

Richtersveld

The Richtersveld is a mountainous desert landscape characterised by rugged kloofs and high mountains, situated in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It is full of changing scenery from flat sandy plains, to craggy sharp mountains of volcanic rock and the lushness of the Orange River, which...

 region around the border of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 and Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

, it is regarded as endangered, and is threatened by habitat loss. It rarely reaches more than 2 m in height and assumes a shrub-like shape.

See the Aloe dichotoma

Aloe dichotoma

Aloe dichotoma, also known as Quiver tree or Kokerboom, is a species of aloe indigenous to Southern Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region, and Namibia....

article for further information, including the distinction between A. dichotoma var. ramosissima and the other subspecies.

Further reading

• Hilton-Taylor, C. 1998. Aloe ramosissima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 20 August 2007.