- Family: Geraniaceae Juss.
Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Aiton
This genus is accepted, and is native to Africa, Tristan da Cunha, Australasia and Asia-Temperate..
[FZ]
Geraniaceae, T. Müller. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, shrublets or shrubs, sometimes with underground tubers; erect or decumbent, sometimes acaulescent or with subsucculent stems; often viscid and aromatic, variously hairy, often glandular.
- Leaves
- Leaves usually petiolate, stipulate, opposite or alternate, serrate, crenate, dentate, lobed, variously dissected or compound, rarely entire; stipules membranous, sometimes setaceous, rarely forming spines.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a 2-many-flowered pseudumbel (flowers rarely solitary); bracts present.
- Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic, 5-merous.
- Calyx
- Sepals imbricate, often with a membranous margin, posterior sepal produced at the base into a spur which is decurrent along the pedicel and adnate to it.
- Corolla
- Petals 5 (rarely 0–4 by abortion), usually unequal, imbricate, unguiculate or sessile.
- Disc
- Disk or extra-staminal glands absent.
- Androecium
- Stamens 10, connate at the base; 2–7 filaments bearing anthers, the remaining ones often vestigial (staminodes); anthers dorsifixed.
- Pistil
- Ovary 5-lobed, 5-locular (rarely 3–4-locular by abortion), rostrate; loculi 2-ovulate; style present, short or long; stigmas 5, usually filiform.
- Fruits
- Fruit a rostrate schizocarp; mericarps rostrate, 1-seeded, tapering from the apex to the base and ending in a point, hirsute; rostrum persistent, helically twisting when ripe, plumose on the inside.
- Seeds
- Seeds ± oblong-obovoid; endosperm absent; embryo curved.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, shrublets or shrubs, sometimes with underground tubers, aromatic. Leaves opposite or alternate, lobed, dissected or compound, rarely entire
- Inflorescences
- Flowers in umbels or rarely solitary, zygomorphic. Sepals imbricate, the uppermost produced at the base into a spur which is adnate to the pedicel
- Corolla
- Petals 5 or fewer, usually unequal. Stamens 10, united at the base, only 2–7 bearing anthers
- Style
- Styles short or long; stigmas 5, generally filiform
- Fruits
- Mericarps with beak spirally twisted at maturity.
- Distribution
- Some 290 species, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions, especially numerous in South Africa.
[FTEA]
Geraniaceae, J. O. Kokwaro (University College Nairobi). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, shrublets or shrubs, sometimes with underground tubers, erect or decumbent, sometimes acaulescent or with subsucculent stems; stems viscid and aromatic, variously hairy, often glabrous
- Leaves
- Leaves opposite or alternate, usually petiolate, serrate, crenate, dentate, lobed, variously dissected or compound, rarely entire; stipules membranous, sometimes setaceous, rarely forming spines
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a 2-many- flowered simple umbel, flowers rarely solitary
- Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic, mostly 5-merous, pedicellate, bracteate
- Calyx
- Sepals imbricate, often with a membranous margin; posterior sepals produced at the base into a spur which is decurrent along the pedicel and adnate to it
- Corolla
- Petals 5, rarely 0–4 by abortion, usually unequal, imbricate, unguiculate or sessile
- Stamens
- Stamens 10, connate at the base, with only 2–7 filaments bearing anthers, the remaining ones vestigial (staminodes); anthers dorsifixed
- Nectaries
- Extrastaminal glands absent
- Pistil
- Ovary 5-lobed, 5-locular (occasionally 3–4-locular by abortion), rostrate; each locule usually 2-ovulate, 1 ovule later aborting; style short or long; stigmas 5, generally filiform
- Fruits
- Fruit a rostrate schizocarp; mericarps rostrate, 1-seeded, tapering from the apex to the base and ending in a point, hirsute; rostrum persistent, helically twisting when ripe, plumose on the inside
- Seeds
- Seeds ± oblong-obovoid, exalbuminous; embryo curved.
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Iraq, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Norfolk Is.
Introduced into:
Albania, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Assam, Belgium, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Great Britain, Haiti, India, Korea, Madeira, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Norfolk Is., Puerto Rico, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
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- Pelargonium acetosum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium aciculatum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium acraeum R.A.Dyer
- Pelargonium adriaanii M.Becker & F.Albers
- Pelargonium aestivale E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium albersii M.Becker
- Pelargonium album J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium alchemilloides (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium alpinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Pelargonium alternans J.C.Wendl.
- Pelargonium althaeoides (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium anauris M.Becker & F.Albers
- Pelargonium anethifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.
- Pelargonium angustipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium antidysentericum Kostel.
- Pelargonium apetalum P.Taylor
- Pelargonium appendiculatum (L.f.) Willd.
- Pelargonium aridicola E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium aridum R.A.Dyer
- Pelargonium aristatum (Sweet) G.Don
- Pelargonium artemisiifolium DC.
- Pelargonium arthriticum R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium articulatum Willd.
- Pelargonium asarifolium (Sweet) G.Don
- Pelargonium attenuatum Harv.
- Pelargonium auritum Willd.
- Pelargonium australe Willd.
- Pelargonium barklyi Scott Elliot
- Pelargonium betulinum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium bicolor (Jacq.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium bifolium (Burm.f.) Willd.
- Pelargonium boranense Friis & M.G.Gilbert
- Pelargonium bowkeri Harv.
- Pelargonium brevipetalum N.E.Br.
- Pelargonium brevirostre E.Mey. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium bubonifolium (Andrews) Pers.
- Pelargonium burgerianum J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium burtoniae L.Bolus
- Pelargonium caespitosum Turcz.
- Pelargonium caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.
- Pelargonium caledonicum L.Bolus
- Pelargonium calviniae R.Knuth
- Pelargonium campestre (Eckl. & Zeyh.) F.Dietr.
- Pelargonium candicans Spreng.
- Pelargonium capillare (Cav.) Willd.
- Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium capituliforme R.Knuth
- Pelargonium carneum Jacq.
- Pelargonium carnosum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium caroli-henrici B.Nord.
- Pelargonium caucalifolium Jacq.
- Pelargonium caylae Humbert
- Pelargonium ceratophyllum L'Hér.
- Pelargonium chelidonium (Houtt.) DC.
- Pelargonium christophoranum Verdc.
- Pelargonium citronellum J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium columbinum Jacq.
- Pelargonium confertum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium connivens E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium conradieae J.C.Manning & A.le Roux
- Pelargonium cordifolium (Cav.) Curtis
- Pelargonium coronopifolium Jacq.
- Pelargonium cortusifolium L'Hér.
- Pelargonium cotyledonis (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium crassicaule L'Hér.
- Pelargonium crassipes Harv.
- Pelargonium crispum (P.J.Bergius) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium crithmifolium Sm.
- Pelargonium cucullatum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium curviandrum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium dasyphyllum E.Mey. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium denticulatum Jacq.
- Pelargonium desertorum Vorster
- Pelargonium dichondrifolium DC.
- Pelargonium dipetalum L'Hér.
- Pelargonium dispar N.E.Br.
- Pelargonium dolomiticum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium drummondii Turcz.
- Pelargonium echinatum Curtis
- Pelargonium elandsmontanum E.M.Marais ex J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Pelargonium elegans (Andrews) Willd.
- Pelargonium ellaphieae E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium elongatum (Cav.) Salisb.
- Pelargonium endlicherianum Fenzl
- Pelargonium englerianum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium erlangerianum Engl. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium eupatoriifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) F.Dietr.
- Pelargonium exhibens Vorster
- Pelargonium exstipulatum (Cav.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium fasciculaceum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium fergusoniae L.Bolus
- Pelargonium fissifolium (Andrews) Pers.
- Pelargonium flabelliforme E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium flavidum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium flavipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium frutetorum R.A.Dyer
- Pelargonium fruticosum (Cav.) Willd.
- Pelargonium fulgidum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium fumariifolium R.Knuth
- Pelargonium gibbosum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium gilgianum Schltr. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium githagineum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium glabriphyllum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium glechomoides A.Rich.
- Pelargonium glutinosum (Jacq.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium gracile (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.
- Pelargonium gracilipes R.Knuth
- Pelargonium gracillimum Fourc.
- Pelargonium grandicalcaratum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium grandiflorum Willd.
- Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér.
- Pelargonium grenvilleae (Andrews) Harv.
- Pelargonium greytonense J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium griseum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium grossularioides (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium hantamianum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium hararense Engl. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium havlasae Domin
- Pelargonium helmsii Carolin
- Pelargonium hemicyclicum Hutch. & C.A.Sm.
- Pelargonium hermanniifolium (P.J.Bergius) Jacq.
- Pelargonium hermansdorpense R.Knuth
- Pelargonium heterophyllum Jacq.
- Pelargonium hirtipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium hirtum (Burm.f.) Jacq.
- Pelargonium hispidum (L.f.) Willd.
- Pelargonium hypoleucum Turcz.
- Pelargonium hystrix Harv.
- Pelargonium incarnatum (L.) Moench
- Pelargonium incrassatum (Andrews) Sims
- Pelargonium inodorum Willd.
- Pelargonium inquinans (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium insularis Gibby & A.G.Mill.
- Pelargonium ionidiflorum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) F.Dietr.
- Pelargonium karooicum Compton & P.E.Barnes
- Pelargonium keeromsbergense M.Becker & F.Albers
- Pelargonium klinghardtense R.Knuth
- Pelargonium ladysmithianum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium laevigatum (L.f.) Willd.
- Pelargonium lanceolatum (Cav.) J.Kern
- Pelargonium laxum (Sweet) G.Don
- Pelargonium leipoldtii R.Knuth
- Pelargonium leptum L.Bolus
- Pelargonium littorale Hügel
- Pelargonium lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium longicaule Jacq.
- Pelargonium longiflorum Jacq.
- Pelargonium longifolium (Burm.f.) Jacq.
- Pelargonium luridum (Andrews) Sweet
- Pelargonium luteolum N.E.Br.
- Pelargonium luteopetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium luteum (Andrews) Sm.
- Pelargonium madagascariense Baker
- Pelargonium magenteum J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium malacoides R.Knuth
- Pelargonium minimum (Cav.) Willd.
- Pelargonium mollicomum Fourc.
- Pelargonium moniliforme E.Mey. ex Harv.
- Pelargonium montaguense E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium mossambicense Engl.
- Pelargonium multibracteatum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Pelargonium multicaule Jacq.
- Pelargonium multiradiatum J.C.Wendl.
- Pelargonium mutans Vorster
- Pelargonium myrrhifolium (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium nanum L'Hér.
- Pelargonium naviculifolium E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium nelsonii Burtt Davy
- Pelargonium nephrophyllum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium nervifolium Jacq.
- Pelargonium nummulifolium Salisb.
- Pelargonium oblongatum E.Mey. ex Harv.
- Pelargonium obnatum R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium obturbum P.Rees & R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium occultum Liekkio & R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium ocellatum J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium ochroleucum Harv.
- Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium oenotherae (L.f.) Jacq.
- Pelargonium omissum P.Rees & R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium oppositifolium Schltr.
- Pelargonium oreophilum Schltr.
- Pelargonium orientum R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium otaviense R.Knuth
- Pelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium oxaloides (Burm.f.) Willd.
- Pelargonium pachypodium J.P.Roux
- Pelargonium pallidoflavum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium panduriforme Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Pelargonium paniculatum Jacq.
- Pelargonium papilionaceum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium parvipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium patulum Jacq.
- Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium petroselinifolium G.Don
- Pelargonium pillansii T.M.Salter
- Pelargonium pilosellifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) F.Dietr.
- Pelargonium pinnatum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium plurisectum T.M.Salter
- Pelargonium polycephalum (Harv.) E.Mey. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium praemorsum (Andrews) F.Dietr.
- Pelargonium proliferum (Burm.f.) Steud.
- Pelargonium psammophilum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium pseudoglutinosum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium pubipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium pulchellum Sims
- Pelargonium pulverulentum Colvill ex Sweet
- Pelargonium punctatum (Andrews) Willd.
- Pelargonium quarciticola Meve & E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium quercetorum Agnew
- Pelargonium quercifolium (L.f.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium quinquelobatum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Pelargonium radens H.E.Moore
- Pelargonium radiatum (Andrews) Pers.
- Pelargonium radicatum Vent.
- Pelargonium radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.
- Pelargonium ramosissimum (Cav.) Willd.
- Pelargonium ranunculophyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Baker
- Pelargonium rapaceum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium redactum Vorster
- Pelargonium reflexipetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium reflexum Pers.
- Pelargonium reniforme (Andrews) Curtis
- Pelargonium reptans R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium ribifolium Jacq.
- Pelargonium × riversdalense R.Knuth
- Pelargonium rodneyanum Lindl.
- Pelargonium rubiginosum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium sabulosum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium salmoneum R.A.Dyer
- Pelargonium saxatile J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Pelargonium scabroide R.Knuth
- Pelargonium scabrum (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium schizopetalum Sweet
- Pelargonium semitrilobum Jacq.
- Pelargonium senecioides L'Hér.
- Pelargonium sericifolium J.J.A.van der Walt
- Pelargonium sessiliflorum Hellbr. ex M.M.le Roux
- Pelargonium setosum (Sweet) DC.
- Pelargonium setulosum Turcz.
- Pelargonium sibthorpiifolium Harv.
- Pelargonium sidoides DC.
- Pelargonium somalense Franch.
- Pelargonium spinosum Willd.
- Pelargonium stipulaceum Willd.
- Pelargonium sublignosum R.Knuth
- Pelargonium suburbanum Clifford ex D.A.Boucher
- Pelargonium tabulare (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium tenellum (Andrews) Loudon ex G.Don
- Pelargonium tenuicaule R.Knuth
- Pelargonium ternatum (L.f.) Jacq.
- Pelargonium ternifolium Vorster
- Pelargonium tetragonum (L.f.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium theianthum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.
- Pelargonium tomentosum Jacq.
- Pelargonium tongaense Vorster
- Pelargonium torulosum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium tragacanthoides Burch.
- Pelargonium transvaalense R.Knuth
- Pelargonium triandrum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium tricolor Curtis
- Pelargonium trifidum (Burm.f.) Jacq.
- Pelargonium trifoliolatum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium tripalmatum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium triphyllum Jacq.
- Pelargonium triste (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium uliginosum J.C.Manning & Euston-Brown
- Pelargonium undulatum (Andrews) W.T.Aiton
- Pelargonium vanderwaltii van Jaarsv.
- Pelargonium vassarii W.Morris & R.T.F.Clifton
- Pelargonium viciifolium L'Hér.
- Pelargonium vinaceum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium violiflorum (Sweet) DC.
- Pelargonium vitifolium (L.) L'Hér.
- Pelargonium weberi E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium whytei Baker
- Pelargonium wonchiense Vorster & M.G.Gilbert
- Pelargonium woodii N.E.Br.
- Pelargonium worcesterae R.Knuth
- Pelargonium wuppertalense E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium xanthopetalum E.M.Marais
- Pelargonium xerophyton Schltr. ex R.Knuth
- Pelargonium zonale (L.) L'Hér.
- Anisopetala Walp.
- Campylia Lindl. ex Sweet
- Chorisma Lindl. ex Sweet
- Ciconium Sweet
- Corthumia Rchb.
- Cortusina Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Cynosbata Rchb.
- Dibrachya Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Dimacria Lindl.
- Eumorpha Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Geraniospermum Siegesb. ex Kuntze
- Grenvillea Sweet
- Hoarea Sweet
- Isopetalum Sweet
- Jenkinsonia Sweet
- Ligularia Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Myrrhidium Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Otidia Lindl. ex Sweet
- Pelargonion St.-Lag.
- Peristera Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Phymatanthus Sweet
- Polyactium Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Polyschisma Turcz.
- Scolopacium Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Seymouria Sweet
Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Aiton appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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11853.000 |
First published in Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789)
Accepted by
- Le Roux, M.M. (2019). A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of Pelargonium section Peristera (Geraniaceae) Phytotaxa 418: 119-157.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- in Ait., Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Hort. Kew. 2: 417 (1789)
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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