Geraniaceae

Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Aiton

First published in Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is St. Helena, Eritrea to S. Africa, Madagascar, Türkiye to Arabian Peninsula, N. Thailand, Australia, New Zealand.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Iraq, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Assam, Belgium, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Great Britain, Haiti, India, Ireland, Korea, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Norfolk Is., Puerto Rico, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Recorded in error in:

Norfolk Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Le Roux, M.M. (2019). A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of Pelargonium section Peristera (Geraniaceae). Phytotaxa 418: 119-157.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Ait., Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 20, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.] K000351643 Yes
Oct 20, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.] K000351636 Yes
Oct 15, 2005 Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie [RHSX 4663] Yemen K000351652 Yes
Jul 7, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.] K000351664 Yes
Apr 2, 1996 Drummond, J. [193] Australia K000072514 Type Yes
Aug 11, 1986 Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000417279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 11, 1986 Cooper, T. [3539] South Africa K000417281 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 11, 1986 Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000417280 Type Yes
Apr 2, 1986 Drummond, J. [191] Australia K000729770 Isotype Yes
Jun 17, 1985 Phillips, E.P. [7595] South Africa K000417296 Type Yes
Oct 11, 1982 MacOwan [1705] South Africa K000417314 Type Yes
Jan 3, 1980 Fourcade, H.G. [1542] South Africa K000417312 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Drège [9473] South Africa K000417300 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Ecklon [573] South Africa K000417299 Isotype Yes
Zeyher [179] South Africa K000752603 Yes
Rees, P. [PR007] K:SPC-66888.000 No
Drège [7482] K004628299 Yes
Fothergill, J.M. K:SPC-60870.000 No
s.coll [s.n.] South Africa K004627909 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [6824] K004625712 Yes
Lavranos, J.J. [s.n.] South Africa K001096494 Type Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1181] South Africa K004628153 Yes
Salter, T.M. [3555] South Africa K004625724 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [183] South Africa K004625737 Yes
s.coll. [5B] Spain K004444275 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [101] South Africa K000729648 Type Yes
[Rev.] W. Morris [5599] K004625714 Yes
Drege [7481] South Africa K000752601 Yes
Sanderson, J. [996] K004625730 Yes
de Leyser, E.A. [288] Tanzania K004444858 Yes
Zeyh [2066] K004625891 Yes
Rees, P. [PR005] K:SPC-66817.000 No
Esterhuysen, E. [20760] K004625888 Yes
van Zyl, L. [3148] South Africa K004625739 Yes
K:SPC-11853.000 No
Schlechter, R. [6531 B] South Africa K000074363 Yes
Schlechter, R. [6531 B] South Africa K000388080 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Porter, L.J. [12819] South Africa K001604546 Yes
Kers, L.E. [2260] South Africa K001560510 Yes
Nicholas, A.; Gordon, I. [2022] South Africa K001577565 Yes
Boucher, D.A. [71] K004625706 Yes
Burchell [7886] K004625889 Yes
Archibald, J.&J. Türkiye K:SPC-57954.000 No
Cribb, P.; C. Grey-Wilson [10192] Tanzania K004444865 Yes
Burger, W. [2361] Ethiopia K000417259 Neotype Yes
Leighton, F.M. [3188] South Africa K004625705 Yes
Andrews, R.J. [R31] Spain K004444271 Yes
Austin, M. [M19] Spain K004444272 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [339] Somalia K004444562 Yes
Schlechter [11008] K004625711 Yes
van der Walt, J.J.A. [954] South Africa K004625713 Yes
[Ecklon] [s.n.] K004625728 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1942] Somalia K004444559 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [619] Somalia K004444558 Yes
Collenette, C.N. [339] Somalia K004444561 Yes
Gouan [s.n.] South Africa K000417327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ryvarden, L. [5623] Kenya K004444855 Yes
Schlechter [9862] South Africa K004625887 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000752604 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [24983] Tanzania K004444860 Yes
Dinter [[365]] K004628151 No
Léonard, J.J.G. [7037] Spain K004444270 Yes
Robson, N. [324] Malawi K:SPC-25721.000 No
Drege [3243] K004625707 Yes
Mathew, B.; Maws [9614] Türkiye K:SPC-57943.000 No
s.coll. [4B] Spain K004444276 Yes
Gouan [s.n.] South Africa K000417315 Type Yes
Richards, M. [23709] Tanzania K004444859 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20835] South Africa K004625747 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15762] Somalia K004444560 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [16039] Somalia K004444554 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000752606 Lectotype Yes
Burchell [7886] K004625892 Yes
Bolus, H. [4255] South Africa K004625727 Yes
Pappe (Dr) [s.n.] South Africa K004625890 Yes
[Drege] [s.n.] South Africa K004625731 Yes
Richards, M. [24190] Tanzania K004444864 Yes
Bolus, H. [617] K004625886 Yes
Pappe (Dr.) [27] South Africa K004625729 Yes
MacOwan, P. [425/413] South Africa K000417308 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Scully] [1113] K004625710 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [s.n.] Yemen K004444261 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [25635] Tanzania K004444861 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [485A] Tanzania K004444863 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K001089682 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [23469] Uganda K004444866 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004625709 Yes
annon. [LR Kew] [4] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000214665 Holotype Yes
Goodenough [s.n.] South Africa K000417307 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thompson, M.F. [800] South Africa K004625738 Yes
Richards, M. [23382] Tanzania K004444862 Yes
[Dr. Stuart] [s.n.] K004625734 Yes
Salter, T.M. [1562] South Africa K004625715 Yes
Hardy, D.S.; Bayliss [1114] South Africa K004625704 Yes
Carter, S. [941] Somalia K004444555 Yes
Dinter [8065] K004628298 Yes
K:SPC-11854.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K004625725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K004444856 Yes
Ecklon [s.n.] South Africa K000752602 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [1386] South Africa K004625716 Yes
Prior, A. [s.n.] South Africa K000417309 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-15318.000 No
Story, R. [5063] Botswana K004628152 Yes
s.coll. [3B] Spain K004444274 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B8758] Kenya K004444857 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K004625736 Yes
Tweedie [3831] Kenya K004444854 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4636] K004625735 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15955] Somalia K004444557 Yes
s.coll. [2B] Spain K004444273 Yes
Drijfhout, P. [1351] South Africa K004625708 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K004625733 Yes
Prior, A. [s.n.] K000417310 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1526] South Africa K004625732 Yes
Stephens, E.L.; Glover, R. [8727] K004625726 Yes
Mungai, G., et al. [3102/A] Kenya K000449720 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3234] Somalia K004444556 Yes
Batsch, S.; Mannheimer, C.A.; Kwembeya, E.G.; Braun, B. [2095] Namibia Pelargonion K001516354 Yes
Howick; McNamara, W. [HOMC 1551] China Ligularia K001581226 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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