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Rosaceae

Geum

Geum coccineum Sm.

First published in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 354 (1809)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is SE. Europe to Türkiye. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Germany

Heterotypic Synonyms

Geum borisii Kellerer ex Sünd. in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 12: 91 (1906)
Geum coccineum var. florepleno P.Vilm. in Hort. Vilm.: 123 (1905)
Geum coccineum var. heldreichii Anon. in Hort. Vilm.: 123 (1905)
Geum coccineum var. pleniflorum Bergmans in Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters: 245 (1924)
Geum coccineum var. semiplenum Bergmans in Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters: 245 (1924)
Geum grandiflorum K.Koch in Linnaea 19: 43 (1847)
Geum heldreichii Bergmans in Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters: 245 (1924)
Geum heldreichii magnificum Arends in unknown publication
Geum heldreichii var. splendens Bergmans in Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters: 246 (1924)
Geum macedonicum Formánek in Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 30(Abh.): 92 (1891 publ. 1892)
Geum nitidostylum Formánek in Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 33(Abh.): 159 (1894 publ. 1895)
Geum sadleri Friv. in Flora 18: 332 (1835)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R. & Junikka, L. (2004). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 13: 1-320.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R. & Junikka, L. (2004). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 13: 1-320.

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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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