Geranium subargenteum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Subgenus: G. subg. Erodioidea
Sectio: G. sect. Subacaulia
Species: Geranium subargenteum

Name

Geranium subargenteum Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3(3): 525 (1878).

• Typus: Spain. Cantabria, Vielle Castille, monts de Reynosa, 43°03’N, 4°18’W, 28 July 1862, L.F. Leresche s.n. (Lectotype, designated by Aedo 1996: 28: G-00365977).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Geranium cinereum subsp. subargenteum (Lange) Borja ex M.Laínz, Bol. Inst. Estud. Asturianos, Supl. Ci. 22(11): 19 (1976).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southwestern Europe Spain. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willkomm, H.M. & Lange, J.M.C. 1874–1880. Prodromus Florae Hispanicae seu Synopsis Methodica omnium Plantarum in Hispania Sponte Nascentium vel Frequentius Cultarum quae Innotuerunt Auctoribus. Volumen III. 1144 pp., Stuttgartiae: E. Schweizerbart. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Aedo, C. 1996. Revision of Geranium subgenus Erodioidea (Geraniaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 49: 1–104. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Geranium subargenteum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sep. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Geranium subargenteum. Published online. Accessed: 16. Sep. 2025. Reference page.