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Taxon:
Pelargonium graveolens
L'Her.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Pelargonium
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
317549
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:423. 1789
Comment:
[plants cultivated under this name differ from wild plants and may be of hybrid origin]
for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
Verified:
08/27/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2
(
2
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Geranium terebinthinaceum
Cav.
Pelargonium terebinthinaceum
(Cav.) Desf.
No images
Reference(s)
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds.
Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
Demarne, F. E. & J. J. A. van der Walt.
1989. Origin of the rose-scented
Pelargonium
cultivar grown on Réunion Island. S. African J. Bot. 55:184-191.
Note:
plant grown in Reunion for geranium oil is hybrid,
P. capitatum
×
P. radens
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1963. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- 2(1):147, 149.
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Pelargonium+graveolens&quantity=1
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Miller, D.
Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars. 1996 103-104.
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:143.
Note:
considers that commercial cultivated plants are misidentified using this name
van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster.
Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3. 1988
van der Walt, J. J. A.
1985. A taxonomic revision of the type section of
Pelargonium
L'Hérit. (Geraniaceae). Bothalia 15:364.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
rose geranium –
Reference(s)
rose-scent geranium –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
gerânio –
Reference(s)
sardineira –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Cape Province, Transvaal]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn) –
Reference(s)
Materials
essential oils (used in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses