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Scientific Name | Pelargonium album J.J.A.van der Walt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/29 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, J.E. Burrows & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO <500 km²) that has lost some habitat to forestry plantations but is not declining at present. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Olifants River Valley around Penge to the Blyde River Canyon and Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Shaded rock crevices in dolomite grassland and bushveld |
Threats |
| Some areas around Pilgrim's Rest have been converted to forestry plantations in the past, and some subpopulations may have been lost. Forestry is however no longer expanding and the population is not suspected to be declining. |
Population |
A localized, but locally common species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium album J.J.A.van der Walt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pelargonium album J.J.A.van der Walt | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dreyer, L.L. and Van der Walt, J.J.A. 1990. A new species of Pelargonium from the eastern Transvaal. South African Journal of Botany 56(1):65-67.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Lötter, M., Burrows, J.E. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Pelargonium album J.J.A.van der Walt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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