Geranium molle

Geranium molle, Tierfriedhof Saarbrücken, Alt-Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

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: Geranium
Subgenus: G. subg. Robertium
Sectio: G. sect. Batrachioidea
Species: Geranium molle

Name

Geranium molle L., Sp. Pl.: 682 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Geranium abortivum De Not. ex Ces., Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 19: 349 (1838).
  • Geranium album Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 129 (1837).
  • Geranium argenteum Lucé, Topogr. Nachr. Oesel: 236 (1823).
  • Geranium leiocaulon Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1: 470 (1842).
  • Geranium lucanum Gasp. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
  • Geranium luganense Chenevard ex Schroet., Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 14: 121 (1904).
  • Geranium molle subsp. sinjaricum Al-Shehbaz & Al-Khakani, Candollea 38: 353 (1983).
  • Geranium pseudovillosum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 921 (1866).
  • Geranium stipulare Kunze, Flora 29: 698 (1846).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Africa Regional: Macaronesia Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Alabama, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Georgia, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, South Carolina, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 682. 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. 
• Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550. JSTOR 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Geranium molle in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Geranium molle. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Geranium molle. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Geranium molle. 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 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Geranium molle. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

العربية: غرنوقي لين
беларуская: Герань далікатная
català: Suassana blana
čeština: Kakost měkký
Cymraeg: Pig yr aran
dansk: Blød storkenæb
Deutsch: Weicher Storchschnabel
eʋegbe: Pehme kurereha
English: Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
español: Geranio de los caminos
suomi: Pehmytkurjenpolvi
français: Géranium mollet
Gaeilge: Crobh bog
日本語: ヤワゲフウロ
Nederlands: Zachte ooievaarsbek
polski: Bodziszek kosmaty
slovenščina: Pakost mäkký
svenska: Mjuknäva
українська: Журавець м'який
中文: 柔毛牻牛兒苗

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