Pelargonium elegans

Pelargonium elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Subgenus: P. subg. Pelargonium
Sectio: P. sect. Campylia
Species: Pelargonium elegans

Name

Pelargonium elegans (Andrews) Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(1): 655 (1800).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Geranium elegans Andrews, Bot. Repos. 1: t. 28 (1798).
• Homotypic
  • Campylia elegans (Andrews) Colvill ex Sweet, Geraniaceae 3: t. 222 (1824).
  • Dimacria elegans (Andrews) Sweet, Geraniaceae 3: t. 202 (1824).
  • Eumorpha elegans (Andrews) Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 77 (1835).
  • Geraniospermum elegans (Andrews) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 94 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Pelargonium elegantulum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 292 (1841).
  • Pelargonium ovale var. ovatum Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 291 (1860).

Hybrids

• P. × ovatum
  

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1800. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 3, pars 1. pp. [1]-847. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 
• Van der Walt, J.J.A. & van Zyl, L. 1988. A taxonomic revision of Pelargonium section Campylia (Geraniaceae). South African Journal of Botany 54(2): 145–171. DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31345-X Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelargonium elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelargonium elegans. Published online. Accessed: Aug 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelargonium elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelargonium elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pelargonium elegans. Accessed: 23 Aug 2021.

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