Erodium crassifolium

Erodium crassifolium

Erodium crassifolium

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: Erodium
Subgenus: E. subg. Erodium
Sectio: E. sect. Erodium
Species: Erodium crassifolium
Subspecies: E. c. subsp. crassifolium – E. c. subsp. hirtum – E. c. subsp. maroccanum

Name

Erodium crassifolium (Forssk.) L'Hér. in W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 414 (1789).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Geranium crassifolium Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 123 (1775).
• Heterotypic
  • Geranium hirtum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 123 (1775), nom. illeg. non Geranium hirtum Burm.f., Spec. Bot. Geran. 48, t. 1 (1759).
    • Erodium hirtum (Forssk.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(1): 632 (1800).
    • Erodium crassifolium subsp. hirtum (Willd.) Guitt. in A.Dobignard & C.Chatelain, Index Syn. Fl. Afrique N. 4: 232 (2012).
  • Erodium crassifolium DC., Prodr. 1: 646 (1824).
  • Geranium crassum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 741 (1812)
    • Erodium crassum (Poir.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 314 (1821).
  • Erodium tuberosum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 118 (1849).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Kriti (certainly indigenous, not "introduced" as given in POWO). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. II. Octandria–Monadelphia. 460 pp., tt. 7–10. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt. Volume 2 (Geraniaceae – Boraginaceae). xvi + 382 pp., Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing, ISBN 977-5429-22-6. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Erodium crassifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Erodium crassifolium. Published online. Accessed: Jul 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Erodium crassifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Erodium crassifolium. 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 Jul 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Erodium crassifolium. Accessed: 31 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Dickblättriger Reiherschnabel

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