Aloe Khamiesensis is a two-branched succulent tree of up to 3 m in height (SA tree list No 29.3) Dead leaves tend to persist below the live leaf rosette; only the lowest stem part sheds them. Some say that the bare bottom stem parts are caused by animals rubbing the daed leaves off, suggesting that they would persist to ground level when no interference had taken place. (The phenomenon of dead plant parts persisting on the live plant is known as marcescence). The leaves and flowers of A. khamiesensis are about identical to those of A. microstigma that grows solitary and short-stemmed (rarely reaching 50 cm) and A. framesii that forms clumps of up to 20 ground-level rosettes with horizontal, inconspicuous stems. A recent taxonomical event brought the three species together as A. microstigma. A. khamiesensis should therefore be called A. microstigma subsp. microstigma and A. framesii becomes A. microstigma subsp. framesii. Recent literature is not consistent in following this line as the subspecies of A. microstigma are not always recognised and both A. framesii and A. khamiesensis are still sometimes presented as separate species. The distribution of A khamiesensis, if taken as a seperate species, is the Northen Cape, particularly in the dry, hot, mountainous parts of Namaqualand and near Calvinia. The plants occur at elevations between 500 m and 1400 m. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the 21st century, apart from disappearing into another name with no harm to the plant (Van Wyk and Smith,2003;Frandsen,2017; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Coates Palgrave, 2002; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org