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Taxon:  Geranium purpureum Vill.



Summary
Genus:
Geranium
Subgenus:
Robertium
Section:
Ruberta
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
407836
Place of publication:
Hist. pl. Dauphiné 1:272. 1786
Verified:
03/27/2014 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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Geranium robertianum L. subsp. purpureum (Vill.) Nyman

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pelargonium purpureum auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aedo, C. et al. 1998. World checklist of Geranium (Geraniaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56:246. http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  3. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- Note: = G. robertianum subsp. purpureum (Vill.) Nyman
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 Note: = G. robertianum subsp. purpureum (Vill.) Nyman
  5. Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. Flora of Madeira. 1994
  6. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. 1996-
  7. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  8. Yeo, P. Hardy geraniums, ed. 2. 2002 Note: mentions
  9. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: = G. robertianum var. purpureum (Vill.) DC.
Common names
English
little-robin –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
3AdventiveEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Adventive
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
Naturalized
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Germany, Netherlands
Economic Uses


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