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Scientific Name | Pelargonium viciifolium DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Synonyms | Pelargonium astragalifolium (Cav.) Jacq. var. foliolosum (DC.) Harv., Pelargonium astragalifolium (Cav.) Jacq. var. minor Harv., Pelargonium foliolosum DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2ac; B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A population reduction of >50% is estimated based on habitat loss to wheat cultivation and vineyard and urban expansion over the past 60 years (generation length 30 years). EOO 3950 km², eight small, severely fragmented remaining subpopulations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Stellenbosch. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Grassy renosterveld on shales on hillsides. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is already extensively transformed, primarily to crop fields. Last remaining fragments continue to be lost to ongoing urban and agricultural expansion, and remaining subpopulations are also threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium viciifolium DC. | EN A2ac; 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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch.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. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Pelargonium viciifolium DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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