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Geraniaceae

Pelargonium

Pelargonium cordifolium (Cav.) Curtis

First published in Bot. Mag. 5: t. 165 (1791)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Cape Prov. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Homotypic Synonyms

Geraniospermum cordifolium (Cav.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 94 (1891)
Geranium cordifolium Cav. in Diss. 4: 240 (1787)
Pelargonium cordatum L'Hér. in W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 427 (1789), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Geranium lanatum Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 114 (1800)
Pelargonium alneum Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 86 (1824)
Pelargonium betulifolium Schrank ex Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 87 (1824)
Pelargonium dregeanum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 422 (1858)
Pelargonium festivum Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 90 (1824)
Pelargonium imperiale Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 91 (1824)
Pelargonium lanatum DC. in Prodr. 1: 681 (1824)
Pelargonium rubrocinctum Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 191 (1822)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Species Profiles

Cooper, M.R. & Johnson, A.W. (1998). Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Britain: Animal and Human Poisoning. Second edition. The Stationery Office, London.
Miller, D. (1996). Pelargoniums. Batsford, London.
Phillips, R. & Rix, M. (1997). Conservatory and Indoor Plants, Vol. 1. Macmillan, London.
The Plant List (2010). Pelargonium cordifolium.
Van der Walt, J. J. A., illus. E. Ward-Hilhorst (1979). Pelargoniums of Southern Africa. Vol.1. Fischer, Hillscheid & Cape Town.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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 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 2023. 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
Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
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