Geraniaceae
Geranium

Geranium arabicum Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Tropical Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Kokwaro, J.O. (1971). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Geraniaceae: 1-23.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Christensen in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4 (3): 23 (1922).
  • Forsk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 124 (1775).
  • Laundon in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 35: 59, t. 1 (1961)
  • Laundon in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 133, t. 20/F (1963).
  • R. Knuth in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 129: 220 (1912).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2284] Cameroon K000008169 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [449] Cameroon K000198461 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Gosline, G. [109] Cameroon K000027210 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7274] Cameroon K000027215 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Pollard, B.J. [131] Cameroon K000027214 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9035] Cameroon K000027212 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Ghogue, J.-P. [69] Cameroon K000027211 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9441] Cameroon K000027213 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [838] Cameroon K000337712 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2286] Cameroon K000337713 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [51] Cameroon K000337708 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3009] Cameroon K000337702 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3040] Cameroon K000337714 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8638] Cameroon K000337709 Yes
May 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9759] Cameroon K000337706 Yes
Feb 1, 1999 Buzgo, M. [749] Cameroon K000337710 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Satabie, B. [1061] Cameroon K000337704 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [748] Cameroon K000337703 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Etuge, M. [3343] Cameroon K000337711 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [318] Cameroon K000381329 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Watts, J. [428] Cameroon K000437622 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1416] Cameroon K000381327 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Schimper [1378] Ethiopia K000417214 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1971 Bauer, P.J. [99] Cameroon K000094379 Yes
Patel, H. [7335] Mozambique K000613597 No
Richards, P.W. [5305] Cameroon K000094381 Yes
Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10873] Cameroon K000094385 Yes
Schimper [670] Ethiopia K000417212 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [670] Ethiopia K000417211 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T. [379] Mozambique K000613815 No
Mann, G. [1323] Cameroon K000094358 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [300] Cameroon K000094371 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9370] Cameroon K000094376 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.,, Kamau, P., Mbale, M.; Chase, M.W. [6654] Kenya K000696624 No
Maitland, T.D. [1730] Cameroon K000094377 Yes
Schimper [1061] Ethiopia K000417213 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8415] Cameroon K000094386 Yes
Harris, T. [239] Mozambique K000613314 No
Hepper, F.N. [2121] Cameroon K000094383 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 93] Cameroon K000094373 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [11548] Cameroon K000094389 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3142] Cameroon K000094388 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0