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Scientific Name | Pelargonium bubonifolium (Andrews) Pers. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Synonyms | Geraniospermum bubonifolium (Andrews) Kuntze, Geranium bubonifolium Andrews, Hoarea bubonifolia (Andrews) Sweet, Hoarea congesta Sweet, Pelargonium congestum (Sweet) G.Don, Pelargonium namaquense R.Knuth |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Four subpopulations are known, but there is likely to be more, as this species occurs in very remote areas. According to the herbarium records plants are localized and occur in small subpopulations. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is found in Witputs, southern Namibia to Steinkopf and O'Kiep in northern Namaqualand, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Anenous Plateau Shrubland, Namaqualand Shale Shrubland, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Plants grow in rocky places with clay soils in arid succulent shrubland. |
Population |
This species is locally abundant (Marais 1994).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium bubonifolium (Andrews) Pers. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pelargonium namaquense R.Knuth | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch.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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Van der Walt, J.J.A. and Vorster, P.J. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa Volume III. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden 16:1-149. National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2019. Pelargonium bubonifolium (Andrews) Pers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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