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Scientific Name | Geranium natalense Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/27 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | EOO 2303 km², known from six locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, as well as competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Drakensberg foothills. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland |
Description | Damp ground bordering marshes and streams. |
Threats |
| Most moist grasslands in southern KwaZulu-Natal have been lost to commercial forestry plantations and agriculture, and only small fragments remain. These are often degraded due to overgrazing, inappropriate fire management, and spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants. Wetlands are in addition often degraded due to drainage and damming. Development of housing estates in the Midlands is also an ongoing threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Geranium natalense Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2015.1 | | Geranium natalense Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geranium natalense Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2015. Geranium natalense Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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