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Rosaceae

Geum

Geum quellyon Sweet

First published in Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 292 (1829)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Central & S. Chile. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Chile Central, Chile South

Introduced into:

Bolivia

Heterotypic Synonyms

Geum chilense Balb. ex Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1348 (1830)
Geum chilense var. grandiflorum Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1348 (1830)
Geum chilense var. miniatum Bergmans in Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters: 245 (1924)
Geum chiloense Balb. ex Macreight in Man. Brit. Botany: 66 (1837)
Geum grandiflorum Lindl. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 682 (1840), not validly publ.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

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
- Copyright applied to individual images
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0