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tongaense

Taxon

Pelargonium tongaense Vorster

Protologue S. African J. Bot. 2(1): 76 (1983).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 043.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 041.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 044.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 039.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 046.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 036.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 040.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 045.jpg

Pelargonium tongaense-- So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to KwaZulu-Natal (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Geraniales

Family

Geraniaceae

Genus

Pelargonium

Specific Epithet

tongaense

Authorship

Vorster

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#69,360 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

21%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →