Geranium purpureum

Geranium purpureum

Geranium purpureum

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. Ruberta
Species: Geranium purpureum

Name

Geranium purpureum Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 272 (1786).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Geranium robertianum var. purpureum (Vill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 853 (1805).
  • Geranium robertianum purpureum (Vill.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 236 (1806).
  • Robertium vulgare var. purpureum (Vill.) Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 137 (1837).
  • Robertium purpureum (Vill.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
  • Geranium robertianum subsp. purpureum (Vill.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
  • Geranium robertianum proles purpureum (Vill.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 96 (1897).
• Heterotypic
  • Geranium robertianum var. parviflorum Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 39 (1824).
  • Geranium robertianum var. incisum A.St.-Hil., Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 102 (1825).
  • Geranium robertianum var. rubricaule Hornem., Fors. Oecon. Plantel., ed. 3, 2: 226 (1835).
  • Geranium modestum Jord., Index Seminum (GR, Gratianopolis) 1849: 16 (1849), nom. illeg.
  • Geranium mediterraneum Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 251 (1852).
    • Geranium robertianum var. mediterraneum (Jord.) Rouy, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 53 (1884).
    • Geranium purpureum var. mediterraneum (Jord.) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 65 (1913).
    • Geranium robertianum subvar. mediterraneum (Jord.) Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 13 (1936).
  • Geranium minutiflorum Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 250 (1852).
    • Robertium minutiflorum (Jord.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 351 (1868).
    • Geranium purpureum var. minutiflorum (Jord.) Loret & Barrandon, Fl. Montpellier, éd. 2: 92 (1886).
    • Geranium robertianum var. minutiflorum (Jord.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 145 (1889).
    • Geranium robertianum f. minutiflorum (Jord.) Merino, Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 11: 116 (1913).
  • Geranium villarsianum Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 249 (1852).
    • Geranium robertianum var. villarsianum (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 97 (1897).
  • Geranium semiglabrum Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 130 (1857).
    • Robertium semiglabrum (Jord. ex Boreau) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
  • Robertium modestum Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
    • Geranium purpureum var. modestum (Fourr.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
    • Geranium robertianum var. modestum (Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 145 (1889).
    • Geranium purpureum var. modestum (Fourr.) Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 5: 66 (1893).
    • Geranium robertianum f. modestum (Fourr.) F.N.Williams, Prodr. Fl. Brit. 9: 501 (1912).
    • Geranium robertianum subvar. modestum (Fourr.) Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 13 (1936).
  • Robertium simile Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
  • Geranium simile Jord. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
  • Geranium purpureum var. leiosepalum Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 5: 66 (1893).
  • Geranium robertianum var. intricatum Gren. ex Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 97 (1897).
    • Geranium purpureum var. intricatum (Gren. ex Rouy) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 65 (1913).
    • Geranium robertianum f. intricatum (Gren. ex Rouy) Merino, Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 11: 116 (1913).
  • Geranium eginense Hausskn. & Sint. ex R.Knuth, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 217 (1903).
  • Geranium purpureum var. forsteri Wilmott, J. Bot. 59: 95 (1921).
    • Geranium purpureum subsp. forsteri (Wilmott) H.G.Baker, Watsonia 3: 165 (1956).
  • Geranium robertianum f. subeglandulosum H.Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 94 (1932).
    • Geranium purpureum f. subeglandulosum H.Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 94 (1932).

Homonyms

• Geranium purpureum Gilib. = Geranium palustre L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Czechoslovakia (introduced), Germany, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaire. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Regional: Eastern Asia Korea (introduced). Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia South Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Brazil Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Villars, D. 1786. Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné: Contenant une Préface Historique; un Dictionnaire des Termes de Botanique; les Classes, les Familles, les Genres, & les Herborisations des environs de Grenoble, de la Grande Chartreuse, de Briançon, de Gap & de Montelimar. Vol. 1. 467 pp. Grenoble, Lyon, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Tan, K. (eds.) 2013. New floristic records in the Balkans: 21. Phytologia Balcanica 19(1): 131–157. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Geranium purpureum 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 purpureum. Published online. Accessed: Aug 09 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Geranium purpureum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Geranium purpureum. Accessed: 09 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Purpur-Storchschnabel, Purpurner Stink-Storchschnabel
français: Géranium pourpre
Nederlands: Klein Robertskruid, Klein robertskruid, Klein robertskruid
slovenščina: škrlatnordeča krvomočnica
Türkçe: Küçük turnagagası

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