Geraniaceae
Geranium

Geranium ocellatum Jacquem. ex Cambess.

First published in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 33 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Afghanistan to S. China and N. Thailand. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C., Barberá, P. & Buira, A. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Geranium sect. Trilopha (Geraniaceae). Systematic Botany 41: 354-377.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kokwaro, J.O. (1971). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Geraniaceae: 1-23.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Nasir, Y.J. (1983). Flora of Pakistan 149: 1-43. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Schönbeck-Temesy, E. (1970). Flora Iranica 69: 1-67. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325. [Cited as Geranium mascatense.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —R. Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. Geraniac. 62 (1912).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C., Barberá, P. & Buira, A. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Geranium sect. Trilopha (Geraniaceae). Systematic Botany 41: 354-377.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cambess. in Jacquem., Voy. Ind. 4, Bot.: 33 (1844)
  • Cambess., Atlas 2, t. 38 (1844).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 346 (1956).
  • Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 274 (1892).
  • Laundon in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 136 (1963).
  • Milne-Redh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 157 (1954).
  • R. Knuth in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 129: 62 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Jacquemont, V.V. [574] India K000729537 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Clarke, C.B. [20219 A] India K000729536 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Blinkworth, R., (Wallich's collectio [8562 B] India K001328030 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Watt, G. [6313] India K001328031 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Cavalerie, J. [3615] China K001328029 Isotype Yes
Agnew, A.D.Q. [5546] Kenya K004317725 No
Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [14137] Saudi Arabia K004315205 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1671] Yemen K004315204 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2786] Tanzania K004317774 No
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [3028] Tanzania K004317777 No
Greenway, P.J. [8689] Tanzania K004317775 No
Wiltshire, F.M. [26] Kenya K004317742 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6717] Uganda K004317761 No
Newbould, J.B. [5951] Tanzania K004317776 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10408] Tanzania K004317767 No
Gardner, H.M. [2007] Kenya K004317749 No
[L. Lichubrug] [222] Uganda K004317755 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10408] Tanzania K004317764 No
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [5037] Yemen K004315214 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [5767] Yemen K004315211 Yes
Bogdan, A. [1090] Kenya K004317746 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K004317736 No
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [661] Tanzania K004317772 No
Gilbert Rogers, C. [349] Uganda K004317756 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5832] Kenya K004317751 No
Hepper, F.N. [5766] Yemen K004315213 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5197] Saudi Arabia K004315210 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [20714] Kenya K004317728 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [DH4468] Kenya K004317750 No
[Mr. Thomson] [s.n.] Tanzania K004317769 No
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000729539 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1252] Saudi Arabia K004315208 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Hedberg, O. [6278-6310] Kenya K004317733 No
Collenette, I.S. [8568] Saudi Arabia K004315202 Yes
Hill, B. (Mrs) [613] Kenya K004317739 No
[Antio Wadar] [397] Saudi Arabia K004315215 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B918] Kenya K004317747 No
Hill, B. (Mrs) [598] Kenya K004317748 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadessa, M. [6778-6790] Kenya K004317732 No
Snowden, J.D. [425] Uganda K004317754 No
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3372] Yemen K004315217 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1455] Tanzania K004317773 No
Gillett, J.B. [19311] Kenya K004317727 No
Mann, G. [1261] Cameroon K000094362 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10343] Tanzania K004317766 No
Thulin, M.; Medhanie, G.; Gifri, A.N. [9328] Yemen K004315201 Yes
Lind, E. [320] Uganda K004317753 No
Brown, E.J. [EA12470] Uganda K004317759 No
Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, R.E. (Mrs.) [89] Kenya K004317743 No
Norman, E.M. [300] Uganda K004317757 No
Wood, J.R.I. [1618] Yemen K004315203 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18309] Kenya K004317730 No
Revell, R.J. [229] Kenya K004317726 No
s.coll. [6854] Uganda K004317760 No
Rounce, N.V. [430] Tanzania K004317771 No
Verdcourt, L. [679] Kenya K004317744 No
s.coll. [956] India K000729538 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1265] Saudi Arabia K004315207 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004319737 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6343] Kenya K004317752 No
Collenette, S. [285] Saudi Arabia K004315209 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1487] Tanzania K004317770 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10429] Tanzania K004317768 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG94162] Tanzania K004317762 No
Greenway, P.J. [3061] Tanzania K004317763 No
Bisset, E. [147] Yemen K004315216 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5585] Kenya K004317741 No
Wilson, J. [562] Uganda K004317758 No
Mwangangi, O.M. [118] Kenya K004317731 No
Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [14137] Saudi Arabia K004315206 Yes
Migeod [209] Cameroon K000094365 No
Brodhurst-Hill [234] Kenya K004317745 No
Tweedie, D.R. (Mrs) [s.n.] Kenya K004317738 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6118] Kenya K004317724 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10373] Tanzania K004317765 No
Symes, Y.E. [757] Kenya K004317740 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K004317737 No
Collenette, S. [323] Saudi Arabia K004315212 Yes
Polhill, E. [364] Kenya K004317729 No
Mwangangi, O.M. [2348] Kenya K004317734 No

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