Pelargonium australe Willd.
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 675 (1800)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. & E. Australia, New Zealand. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extinct in:
Norfolk Is.
Introduced into:
Norfolk Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Geraniospermum australe (Willd.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 94 (1891)
- Geranium australe (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 754 (1812)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Geranium glomeratum Andrews in Geraniums 2: s.p. (1806)
- Hoarea nummulariifolia Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 76 (1826)
- Pelargonium aemulum Hoffmanns. ex F.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 6: 63 (1820)
- Pelargonium anceps DC. in Prodr. 1: 660 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Pelargonium australe var. glabratum Hook.f. in Fl. Tasman. 1: 57 (1855)
- Pelargonium australe var. majus Hook.f. in Fl. Tasman. 1: 57 (1855)
- Pelargonium australe var. minor A.Cunn. in B.Field (ed.), Geogr. Mem. New South Wales: 359 (1825)
- Pelargonium crinitum Nees in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 163 (1845)
- Pelargonium crinitum var. congestum Nees in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 163 (1845)
- Pelargonium glomeratum J.Jacq. in Ecl. Pl. Rar. 1: 146 (1816)
- Pelargonium humifusum DC. in Prodr. 1: 654 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Pelargonium nummulariifolium Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 289 (1860), nom. illeg.
- Pelargonium procumbens DC. in Prodr. 1: 654 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Peristera brevipes C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 457 (1845)
- Peristera procumbens Eckl. & Zeyh. in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 73 (1835)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Oct 20, 2005 | coll. ign. [s.n.] | K000351636 | No | ||
| Oct 20, 2005 | coll. ign. [s.n.] | K000351643 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1961 | Gunn, R.C. [61], Tasmania | K000072888 | Yes | ||
| Forster [856], Tasmania | K000348085 | Yes | |||
| Gunn, R.C. [61], Tasmania | K000072887 | syntype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images