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Scientific Name | Pelargonium adriaanii M.Becker & F.Albers |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.C.V. Van Wyk & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (EOO 161 km²), occurring at fewer than 10 locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Alexander Bay to Kleinsee. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld, Southern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld, Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld |
Description | Sandy flats, 20-50 m from the seashore, rarely on sandy flats further inland. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of destructive open-cast mining across its range. In addition it is also threatened by severe overgrazing, resulting in trampling, loss of diversity and vegetation cover, around Alexander Bay. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium adriaanii M.Becker & F.Albers | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2015.1 | | Pelargonium adriaanii M.Becker & F.Albers | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Becker, M. and Albers, F. 2005. Pelargonium adriaanii (Geraniaceae), a new species from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 126(2):153-161.
Becker, M. and Albers, F. 2009. Taxonomy and phylogeny of two subgroups of Pelargonium section Otidia (Geraniaceae). 1. The Pelargonium carnosum complex. Bothalia 39(1):73-85.
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Van Wyk, P.C.V. & von Staden, L. 2015. Pelargonium adriaanii M.Becker & F.Albers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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