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Scientific Name | Pelargonium pubipetalum E.M.Marais |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by crop cultivation and overgrazing by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos |
Description | Unknown, possibly renosterveld areas on granite flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium pubipetalum E.M.Marais | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Marais, E.M. 1997. Three new species of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) from Namaqualand. South African Journal of Botany 63(2):82-89.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Pelargonium pubipetalum E.M.Marais. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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