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Taxon:
Pelargonium odoratissimum
(L.) LʼHér.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Reniformia
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27134
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:419. 1789
Comment:
for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
06/07/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Geranium odoratissimum
L.
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Reference(s)
Albers, F. et al.
1992. A reappraisal of
Pelargonium
sect.
Ligularia
(Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:257-276.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds.
1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Dreyer, L. L. & E. M. Marais.
2000. Section
Reniformia
, a new section in the genus
Pelargonium
(Geraniaceae). S. African J. Bot. 66:48.
Dreyer, L. L. et al.
1992. Subdivision of
Pelargonium
sect.
Cortusina
(Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 183:83-97.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al.
1985, 1987. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa
Note:
v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Note:
mentions
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Miller, D.
1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 129.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:114.
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:145.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
mentions
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster.
1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3
Note:
mentions
van der Walt, J. J. A.
1977. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1 30.
Common names
English
apple geranium –
Reference(s)
sweet-scent pelargonium –
Reference(s)
French
géranium –
Reference(s)
German
Zitronenpelargonie –
Reference(s)
Spanish
geranio malva –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Materials
essential oils
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Name
References