Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 1:680. 1824
Verified:
10/11/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Albers, F. et al. 1992. A reappraisal of Pelargonium sect. Ligularia (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:257-276.
- 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
- Dreyer, L. L. & E. M. Marais. 2000. Section Reniformia, a new section in the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). S. African J. Bot. 66:49.
- Dreyer, L. L. et al. 1992. Subdivision of Pelargonium sect. Cortusina (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 183:83-97.
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Miller, D. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars. 1996 130.
- van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3. 1988
- Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
- Van Wyk, B.-E. 2008. A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants. J. Ethnopharmacol. 119:342-355.
Common names
Afrikaans
kalwerbossie – rabas – rabassam – Swedish
mörk pelargon – unknown (Africa)
umckaloabo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | Van Wyk, B.-E. 2008. A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants. J. Ethnopharmacol. 119:342-355. |
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=427633.
Accessed 20 September 2024.