Summary
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.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
- 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
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- Miller, D. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars. 1996 103-104.
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- van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3. 1988
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Common names
English
rose geranium – rose-scent geranium – Portuguese (Brazil)
gerânio – sardineira –
Distribution
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 | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Cape Province, Transvaal]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Materials | essential oils | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
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=317549.
Accessed 20 September 2024.