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Scientific Name | Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species known from four locations which is potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and overgrazing. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | This species is found in the Strydpoort Mountains and Wolkberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on montane sourveld with Protea roupelliae. |
Threats |
| This species has lost habitat to timber plantations in the Wolkberg and around Woodbush in the past, but plantations are no longer expanding. Escaped pine seedlings are however spreading uncontrolled through parts of this species' habitat, outcompeting native species. In the Strydpoort Mountains, it is threatened by habitat degradation due to overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth | VU D2 | 2020.1 | | Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Venter, H.J.T. 1979. A monograph of Monsonia L. (Geraniaceae). Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 79(9):1-128.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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