Geraniaceae
Geranium

Geranium arabicum Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Nigeria to W. Cameroon, Bioko, Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C. (2023). A Monograph of the Genus Geranium L. (Geraniaceae): 1-898. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.
  • Kokwaro, J.O. (1971). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Geraniaceae: 1-23.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C. (2023). A Monograph of the Genus Geranium L. (Geraniaceae): 1-898. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Christensen in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4 (3): 23 (1922).
  • Forsk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775).
  • Laundon in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 35: 59, t. 1 (1961)
  • Laundon in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 133, t. 20/F (1963).
  • R. Knuth in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 129: 220 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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