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Taxon:  Geranium macrorrhizum L.



Summary
Genus:
Geranium
Subgenus:
Robertium
Section:
Unguiculata
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
423
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:680. 1753
Verified:
03/19/1997 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
No images
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. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  9. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:145. Note: mentions
  10. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  11. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- Note: mentions
  12. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  13. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  14. Yeo, P. Hardy geraniums, ed. 2. 2002
Common names
English
bigroot geranium –
Bulgarian geranium –
rock crane's-bill –
Swedish
flocknäva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (source of "Zdravetz oil" fide Pl Book; F Males; Pl Res SEAs 19:145. 1999) –


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