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Scientific Name | Pelargonium violiflorum (Sweet) DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Synonyms | Geraniospermum violaeflorum (Sweet) Kuntze, Geranium heterophyllum Thunb., Hoarea heterophylla (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Hoarea nivea Sweet, Hoarea violaeflora Sweet, Pelargonium heterolobum DC., Pelargonium longifolium (Burm.f.) Jacq. var. nivea (Sweet) R.Knuth, Pelargonium niveum (Sweet) Loudon, Pelargonium variifolium Steud. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | EOO 300 km², AOO <300 km², six locations are known through herbarium records, but two are likely to be locally extinct at two due to habitat loss. It continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to vineyard expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Breede River Valley between Worcester and Stormsvlei. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo, Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Mountain renosterveld or karroid shrubland on shale or sandstone. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to expanding vineyard cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium violiflorum (Sweet) DC. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Marais, E.M. 1994. Taxonomic studies in Pelargonium, section Hoarea (Geraniaceae). Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2008. Pelargonium violiflorum (Sweet) DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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