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June 2022

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genus

Pelargonium L'Hér.

This genus name was first published in Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 2: 417 1789 Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000028455.

Synonyms of Pelargonium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ciconium fulgens Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 471 (Add.). 1826 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000604416
Geranium rubens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 113 (1800) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000701263
Hoarea atrosanguinea Sweet Geraniaceae 2: t. 151 (1823) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000724044
Hoarea retusa Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 3: 110 (1839) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000724122
Campylia Lindl. ex Sweet Geraniaceae 1: t. 43 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000006449
Ciconium Sweet Geraniaceae 1: ix (1822) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008308
Cortusina Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 77 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009379
Dimacria Lindl. Geraniaceae 1: t. 46 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000011747
Eumorpha Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 77 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000014187
Geraniospermum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000015556
Hoarea Sweet Geraniaceae 1: t. 18 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000018011
Jenkinsonia Sweet Geraniaceae : t. 79 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000019555
Myrrhidium Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 71 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025189
Otidia Lindl. ex Sweet Geraniaceae : t. 98 (1822) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027451
Pelargonion St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 131 (1880) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000028454
Peristera Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 72 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000028795
Phymatanthus Sweet Geraniaceae : t. 43 (1820) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000029481
Polyactium Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 65 (1835) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000030673
Polyschisma Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(I): 269 (1859) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000030813
Seymouria Sweet Geraniaceae : t. 206 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000035225
Corthumia Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 201 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000043862
Cynosbata Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 290 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000043863

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Pelargonium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pelargonium clavatum L'Hér. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 660 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000466269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pelargonium erectum R.Knuth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44(1): 30. 1909 [23 Nov 1909] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001064246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pelargonium penniforme Harv. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 267, in textu. 1860 [10-31 May 1860] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pelargonium sulphureum (Sweet) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 295. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001425430