Summary
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:430. 1789
Comment:
- for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
- authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
10/18/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
- Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
- Harvey, W. H. & O. W. Sonder, eds. v. 1-3; W. T. Thiselton Dyer & A. W. Hill, eds. v. 4-7. Flora capensis. v. 1-3:1860-1865; v. 4-7:1896-1933
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Miller, D. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars. 1996 99.
- Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:145.
- 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 15:376
Common names
English
crisped-leaf pelargonium – lemon geranium –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Cape Province]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 |
Food additives | flavoring | | Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27117.
Accessed 20 September 2024.