Pelargonium radens

Pelargonium radens
Pelargonium radens

Taxonavigation edit

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. Pelargonium
Species: Pelargonium radens

Name edit

Pelargonium radens H.E.Moore, Baileya 3:22. 1955.

Hybrids edit

P. × blandfordianum – P. × melissimum – P. × pyrethrifolium

Note: edit

Plants cultivated under the cultivar names of 'Radula' and 'Rosé', belong to Pelargonium × graveolens L'Hér. (Miller 1996: 109).

Synonyms edit

  • Anisopetala radulae (Cav.) Walp., Rep. 4: 228 (1848)
  • Geraniospermum radula (Cav.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 95 (1891)
  • Geraniospermum revolutum (Jacq.) Kuntze
  • Geraniospermum roseum Kuntze
  • Geranium asperifolium Andr., Geran. 1, s. p. (1805)
  • Geranium radula Cav., Diss. 262 (1788)
  • Geranium revolutum Jacq., Coll. 1: 84 (1787)
  • Pelargonion radulum (Cav.) St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon, 7: 131 (1880)
  • Pelargonium asperifolium Sweet, Geran., t. 169 (1821)
  • Pelargonium radula (Cav.) L´Hér., Aiton, Hort. Kew 2: 423 (1789), et Geran., t. 16 (1792)
  • Pelargonium radula var. roseum Willd.
  • Pelargonium raduloides Hoffmanns. ex F.Dietr., Vollst. Lexik. Gaertn. Nachtr. 6: 70 (1820)
  • Pelargonium roseum Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 679 (1800)
  • Pelargonium rosodorum Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 95 (1824)

Distribution edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Miller, D. (1996) Pelargoniums: a gardener's guide to the species and their cultivars and hybrids. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: rasp-leaf pelargonium
slovenščina: Roženkravt


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