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Scientific Name | Pearsonia hirsuta Germish. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/07 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama |
Justification | Four known locations are potentially threatened by the expansion of forestry plantations, mining and development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Dullstroom to Lydenburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | Low grassland between rocks, in humus-rich, sandy soil. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to expanding forestry plantations, mining and development |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pearsonia hirsuta Germish. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Germishuizen, G. 1998. Fabaceae: A new species of Pearsonia from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Bothalia 28(1):57-58.
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 |
| Manyama, P.A. 2008. Pearsonia hirsuta Germish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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