Geranium pusillum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Subgenus: G. subg. Robertium
Sectio: G. sect. Batrachioidea
Species: Geranium pusillum

Name

Geranium pusillum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1144 (1759).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Geranium malvifolium Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 37 (1771).
- Geranium dubium Chaix in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 327 (1786).
- Geranium humile Cav., Diss. 4: 202 (1787).
  - Geranium pusillum var. humile (Cav.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 629 (1821 publ. 1822).
  - Geranium parviflorum var. humile (Cav.) Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 803 (1828).
- Geranium parviflorum Curtis, Fl. Londin. 6: t. 46 (1791), nom. illeg.
- Geranium delicatulum Ten. & Guss. in M.Tenore, Fl. Napol. 5: 84 (1836).
- Geranium pusillum var. elatum Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 133 (1837).
- Geranium pusillum var. humile Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer 1: 133 (1838), nom. illeg.
- Geranium circinatum Kanitz, Linnaea 32: 570 (1863).
- Geranium baumgartenianum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 138 (1866).
- Geranium pusillum var. axilliflorum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 137 (1866).
- Geranium pseudopusillum Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 317 (1868).
- Geranium pusillum var. albiflorum Schur, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 163 (1877).
- Geranium pusillum var. gracillimum Schur, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 162 (1877).
- Geranium pusillum var. majus-grandifolium Schur, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 162 (1877).
- Geranium pusillum var. rigidum Schur, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 163 (1877).
- Geranium elatum Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 133 (1887).
- Geranium hybridum Hausskn., Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 3: 278 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Geranium pusillum var. viscidulifolium C.G.Westerl., Bot. Not. 1898: 79 (1898).
- Geranium divaricatum var. tenuisectum Sennen, Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1916: n.° 2575 (1917), nom. nud.
- Geranium pusillum var. condensatum Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 17 (1917).
- Geranium pusillum var. tenuilobum Sennen, Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1927: n.° 6058 (1928).
- Geranium haussknechtii Soó, Magyar Fl. Veg. 6: 185 (1980).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Kriti (doubtful, not given in VPG and other regional literature), Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Primorye.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Greenland.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bermuda.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.
Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. 2011. Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1–166. DJVU Reference page.
Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550. JSTOR Reference page.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Geranium pusillum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Geranium pusillum. Published online. Accessed: Aug 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Geranium pusillum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Aug 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Geranium pusillum. Accessed: 09 Aug 2021.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Geranium pusillum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 09.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Герань малая
čeština: Kakost maličký
Cymraeg: Pig-yr-aran fân-flodeuog
dansk: Liden storkenæb
Deutsch: Kleiner Storchschnabel
English: Small-flowered Crane's-bill
Esperanto: Etflora geranio
eesti: Madal kurereha
suomi: Pihakurjenpolvi
français: Géranium fluet
hrvatski: Mala iglica
hornjoserbsce: Mólička pyskawa
íslenska: Dvergblágresi
italiano: Geranio peloso
lietuvių: Smulkusis snaputis
latviešu: Sīkā gandrene
Nederlands: Kleine Ooievaarsbek
polski: Bodziszek drobny
русский: Герань маленькая
slovenčina: Pakost nízky
svenska: Sparvnäva
українська: Журавець дрібний
中文: 小花牻牛儿苗

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