Pelargonium sidoides

Pelargonium sidoides

Pelargonium sidoides

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: Pelargonium
Subgenus: P. subg. Parvulipetala
Sectio: P. sect. Reniformia
Species: Pelargonium sidoides

Name

Pelargonium sidoides DC., Prodr. 1: 680. 1824.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cortusina sidaefolia (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 77 (1835)
  • Geraniospermum sidifolium (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 32. 1898.
  • Geraniospermum sidifolium f. maximum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 32. 1898
  • Geraniospermum sidifolium var. roseum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 32. 1898 [1].
  • Geranium sidifolium Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 114. 1800.
  • Pelargonium purpurascens Eeden ex Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 96 (1824)
  • Pelargonium rigidum J.C.Wendl. ex Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 96 (1824)
  • Pelargonium reniforme var. sidifolium (Thunb.) Harv., Fl. Cap. 1: 300. 1860 [2].
  • Pelargonium sidifolium (Thunb.) R.Knuth in Engl., Pflanzenreich. Geraniac: 448. 1912, nom. illeg. non Willd. (1809).
  • Pelargonium spectabile Hort. ex Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 192 (1822)
  • Pelargonium spectabile Sweet, Geran., t. 136 (1821)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 680.

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelargonium sidoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelargonium sidoides. Published online. Accessed: Aug 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelargonium sidoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelargonium sidoides. 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 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pelargonium sidoides. Accessed: 23 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kalwerbossie, Rabassamin, Rooirabas
العربية: لقلقي سيداوي
isiZulu: umCkaloabo

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