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Taxon:  Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her.



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)
  1. Albers, F. et al. 1992. A reappraisal of Pelargonium sect. Ligularia (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:257-276. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
  3. Dreyer, L. L. & E. M. Marais. 2000. Section Reniformia, a new section in the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). S. African J. Bot. 66:48.
  4. Dreyer, L. L. et al. 1992. Subdivision of Pelargonium sect. Cortusina (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 183:83-97. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
  5. Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 Note: mentions
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  10. Miller, D. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars. 1996 129.
  11. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:114.
  12. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:145. Note: mentions
  13. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  14. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3. 1988 Note: mentions
  15. van der Walt, J. J. A. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1. 1977 30.
Common names
English
apple geranium –
sweet-scent pelargonium –
French
géranium –
German
Zitronenpelargonie –
Spanish
geranio malva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (fide Pl Book) –


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