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Scientific Name | Geranium harveyi Briq. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Synonyms | Geranium sericeum Harv. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Geranium harveyi is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs from the Nuweveld Mountains north of Beaufort West in the Western Cape eastwards to the high mountains of the Eastern Cape interior as far as the Stormberg near Molteno and the Boschberg at Somerset East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Upper Karoo, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Stormberg Plateau Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Escarpment Mesic Thicket |
Description | It forms large clumps in sheltered areas on rock outcrops or among large shrubs on grassy slopes. |
Threats |
| Geranium harveyi has no severe threats. Recent field surveys of the Sneeuberg Mountain Complex (Clark et al. 2009) indicate that grasslands on upper mountain slopes are in good condition and not severely impacted by overgrazing. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Geranium harveyi Briq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clark, V.R., Barker, N.P. and Mucina, L. 2009. The Sneeuberg: A new centre of floristic endemism on the Great Escarpment, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 75(2):196-238.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. A revision of Geranium in Africa south of the Limpopo. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42(2):171-225.
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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. 2019. Geranium harveyi Briq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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