Geranium palmatum

Geranium palmatum

Geranium palmatum

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. Anemonifolia
Species: Geranium palmatum

Name

Geranium palmatum Cav., Diss. 4: 216, t. 84, fig. 2 (1787).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Geranium anemonifolium L'Hér., Geraniologia: t. 36 (1792).
    • Robertium anemonifolium (L'Hér.) Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 134 (1837).
  • Geranium rutilans Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 164 (1792).
  • Geranium laevigatum Burm. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 640 (1824), nom. inval.
  • Geranium anemonifolium var. canariense Bolle, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1861(App.): 11 (1862).
  • Geranium anemonifolium var. grandiflorum Bolle, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1861(App.): 11 (1862).
  • Geranium anemonifolium var. laevigatum Bolle, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1861(App.): 11 (1862).
  • Geranium lowii Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 2: 484 (1893–1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Madeira (Madeira). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cavanilles, A.I. 1787. Quarta dissertatio botanica. de Geranio, 128 species complectens, 49 tabulis incisas. Pp. 195–266, tt. [189]–[194] in Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem. Apud Franciscum Amb. Didot, Parisiis [Paris]. Online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 palmatum 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 palmatum. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Geranium palmatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Geranium palmatum. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Madeira geranium

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