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Scientific Name | Pelargonium curviandrum E.M.Marais |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2500 km², less than 10 known locations are declining due to habitat degradation as a result of ostrich farming. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Montagu to Oudtshoorn. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Eastern Little Karoo, Western Gwarrieveld, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket, Gamka Arid Thicket |
Description | Sandstone or clay slopes. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations are declining due to ostrich farming, which can be extremely destructive to the natural vegetation especially when ostriches are kept in high concentrations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pelargonium curviandrum E.M.Marais | VU B1ab(ii,iii,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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch.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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Pelargonium curviandrum E.M.Marais. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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