Geranium thunbergii Siebold & Zucc.
First published in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 136 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China, Kuril Islands to Temp. E. Asia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Introduced into:
Brazil Southeast, Connecticut, Germany, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Geranium nepalense subsp. thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara in Fl. E. Himal.: 638 (1966)
- Geranium nepalense var. thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) Kudô in Medic. Pl. Hokkaido: t. 55 (1922)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Geranium iinumae var. asiaticum Koidz. in Fl. Symb. Orient.-Asiat.: 83 (1930)
- Geranium nepalense f. glabratum (Nakai ex H.Hara) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 22: 171 (1948)
- Geranium nepalense f. japonicum Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 26: 454 (1880)
- Geranium nepalense f. pallidum (Nakai ex H.Hara) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 22: 171 (1948)
- Geranium nepalense f. roseum (Nakai) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 22: 172 (1948)
- Geranium peregrinum Thell. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 549 (1911)
- Geranium sibiricum f. pallidum Murata in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 172 (1958)
- Geranium thunbergii f. glabratum (Nakai ex H.Hara) Murata in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 172 (1958)
- Geranium thunbergii var. glabratum Nakai ex H.Hara in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 862 (1935)
- Geranium thunbergii f. pallidum (Nakai ex H.Hara) Murata in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 172 (1958)
- Geranium thunbergii var. pallidum Nakai ex H.Hara in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 861 (1935)
- Geranium thunbergii var. plenum Iwata in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 54: 73 (1940)
- Geranium thunbergii f. plenum (Iwata) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 22: 172 (1948)
- Geranium thunbergii var. roseum Nakai in Koryo Shikenrin Ippan: 11 (1932)
- Geranium thunbergii f. roseum (Nakai) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 22: 172 (1948)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Aedo, C. (2012). Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1-550.
- Aedo, C. (2017). Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the Western and Central Pacific area. Systematic Botany Monographs 102: 1-240.
- Akiyama, S., Thijsse, G., Esser, H.-J. & Ohba, H. (2014). Siebold and Zuccarini's type specimens and original materials from Japan, part 5. Angiosperms. Dicotyledoneae 4. The Journal of Japanese Botany 89: 279-330.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1988). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 3: 1-419. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
- 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:
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Japan IIb: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. [Cited as Geranium nepalense.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aedo, C. (2012). Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1-550.
- Aedo, C. (2017). Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the Western and Central Pacific area. Systematic Botany Monographs 102: 1-240.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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