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Scientific Name | Pelargonium desertorum Vorster |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, G. Williamson, L. von Staden & P.C.V. Van Wyk |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species (EOO 1557 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Lower, south-facing slopes on granite-derived soils. |
Threats |
| This species occurs mainly in the remote eastern mountains of the Richtersveld, where livestock grazing pressure is low. A few subpopulations in the south-west are potentially threatened by grazing, but unlikely to cause this species to become in danger of extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Richtersveld National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium desertorum Vorster | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Pelargonium desertorum Vorster | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pelargonium desertorum Vorster | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Vorster, P. 1985. Pelargonium desertorum (Geraniaceae): a new species from the north-western Cape Province. South African Journal of Botany 52(2):184-186.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Williamson, G., von Staden, L. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Pelargonium desertorum Vorster. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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