Pelargonium cucullatum

Pelargonium cucullatum

Pelargonium cucullatum

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: Pelargonium
Subgenus: P. subg. Pelargonium
Sectio: P. sect. Pelargonium
Species: Pelargonium cucullatum
Subspecies: P. c. subsp. cucullatum – P. c. subsp. strigifolium – P. c. subsp. tabulare

nom

Pelargonium cucullatum (L.) L'Her. in Aiton, Hortus Kew. (W. Aiton) 2: 426. 1789.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Geranium cucullatum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 677. 1753.
    • Lectotype: Africa, without precise locality, specimen in Hort. Cliff. 345.17 (BM), designated by Volschenk, van der Walt & Vorster (1982), (Fig. 2).
• Homotypic
  • Geraniospermum cucullatum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891).

Homonyms

• Geranium cucullatum Kunth (1822) = Geranium sibbaldioides subsp. sibbaldioides

Hybrids

P. × aemulum – P. × blandum – P. × citriodorum – P. × dodii – P. × domesticum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Western Cape). Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Tristan da Cunha (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. II. Octandria–Monadelphia. 460 pp., tt. 7–10. George Nicol, London. 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. 
• Volschenk, B., Van der Walt, J.J.A. & Vorster, P.J. 1982. The subspecies of Pelargonium cucullatum (Geraniaceae). Bothalia 14(1): 45–51. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v14i1.1134 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelargonium cucullatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2021 Aug 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelargonium cucullatum. Published online. Accessed Aug 15 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelargonium cucullatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 15 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelargonium cucullatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2021 Aug 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pelargonium cucullatum. Accedit el: 15 Aug 2021.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Pelargonium cucullatum. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accedit el: 2011 May 18.

Vernacular names

English: hooded-leaf pelargonium

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