Geranium trilophum

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. Robertium
Sectio: G. sect. Trilopha
Species: Geranium trilophum

Name

Geranium trilophum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 6: 30 (1846).

• Type: Persia, in rupestris montanis prope Dalechi et Gere Persiae australis. Leg. Kotschy 222.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Geraniopsis trilopha (Boiss.) Chrtek in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1967: 9 (1968).
• Heterotypic
  • Geranium trilophum var. maculatum Bornm. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 6: 53 (1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Iran Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1845 publ. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 6. 136 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Geranium trilophum 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 trilophum. Published online. Accessed: 16. Sep. 2025. Reference page.