Geraniaceae

Geranium Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 676 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Falkland Is., Greenland, Haiti, Jamaica, Kermadec Is., Labrador, Malaya, Norfolk Is., Paraguay, Réunion

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 290.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 306 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 676 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 306 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 676 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2021 Cooper, T. [799] South Africa K001577490 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Bourgeau, E. [1271] Spain K001328028 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Lyall, D. [3700] New Zealand K000729527 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Hooker, J.D. [3699] New Zealand K000729528 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K000729523 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K000729526 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Colenso, W. [1638] New Zealand K000729524 Type Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729504 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729506 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729505 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 23, 2005 s.coll. [s.n.] K000729501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2005 unknown [379] Afghanistan K000074051 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K000380401 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Chile K000073820 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Brown, R. [5224] Australia K000073848 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Australia K000380404 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Chile K000380405 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Lechler, W.; Hohenacker, W.R.F. [s.n.] Chile K000073800 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [181] Mexico K000531446 Type Yes
Aug 25, 1950 Pringle, C.G. [8994] Mexico K000531444 Isotype Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1916] Morocco K000564899 Yes
Ibrahim [3990] Morocco K000417201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 8558] Nepal K001125853 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1736] Armenia K000297313 Yes
Giles, J.J. [31] United Kingdom K001419150 Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 8558] India K001125852 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1757] Armenia K000297289 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1752] Armenia K000297266 Yes
Mandon, G. [785] Bolivia K000531436 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 8564] India K001125864 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] New Zealand K004317100 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Alvarez, L. [1299] Bolivia K000295046 No
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1661] Armenia K000297349 Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 8558] India K001125851 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] K000729472 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1939] Morocco K000564879 Yes
K:SPC-31823.000 No
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1744] Armenia K000297259 Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 8558] India K001125849 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1926] Morocco K000564890 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1729] Armenia K000297320 Yes
Bornmüller, J. [998] Iraq K000074056 Isolectotype Yes
Nelson, A. [7591] United States K001081650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Herklots, G.A.C. Nepal K:SPC-35239.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8562] India K001125861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 8558] India K001125850 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 8562] India K001125862 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Maxted, N.; Ali Shehadeh; Kyratzis, A. [2286] Cyprus K001306598 Yes
Raoul [s.n.] New Zealand K000729522 Type Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1753] Armenia K000297294 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8561] India K001125860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] Russia K000729473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1933] Morocco K000564883 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1774] Armenia K000297089 Yes
Rico, L.; Maxted, N.; Ali Shehadeh; Kyratzis, A. [2274] Cyprus K001612619 Yes
Rico, L.; Maxted, N.; Ali Shehadeh; Kyratzis, A. [2274] Cyprus K001306589 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1751] Armenia K000297265 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1741] Armenia K000297315 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 8558] India K001125854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8561] India K001125859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1683] Armenia K000297327 Yes
Colenso, W. [1638] New Zealand K000729521 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0