Pelargonium rapaceum

Pelargonium rapaceum

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. Hoarea
Species: Pelargonium rapaceum

Name

• Pelargonium rapaceum (L.) L'Hér., 1789

Synonyms

• Campylia carinata Lindl. ex Sweet, Geran. sub t. 43 (1821)
• Dimacria coronillifolia Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. I. 77 (1826)
• Geraniospermum carinatum (Lindl. ex Sweet) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 94 (1891)
• Geraniospermum rapaceum (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 95 (1891)
• Geranium prolificum L.
• Geranium rapaceum L., Syst. ed. X. 1141 (1759)
• Geranium selinum Andr., Bot. Rep., t. 239 (1799)
• Hoarea carinata Lindl. ex Sweet, Geran., t. 135 (1821)
• Hoarea corydaliflora Sweet, Geran., t. 18 (1821)
• Hoarea nutans Sweet, Geran., t. 135 (1821)
• Hoarea rapacea (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. I. 75, Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. 65 (1826)
• Pelargonium carinatum J.C.Wendl.
• Pelargonium carinatum Sweet, Geran., t. 21 (1821)
• Pelargonium coronillifolium Fisch., Hort. Gorenk. ed. II. (1812) 54, nomen
• Pelargonium coronillifolium Pers., Syn. 2: 227 (1806)
• Pelargonium corydaliflorum (Sweet) DC., Prod. 1: 652 (1824)
• Pelargonium nutans (Sweet) DC., Prod. 1: 651 (1824)
• Pelargonium rapaceum var. corydaliflorum (Sweet) DC.
• Pelargonium rapaceum var. selinum (Andrews) Pers.
• Pelargonium rutaefolium Baker
• Pelargonium selinum (Andr.) Pers., Syn. 2: 228 (1806)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• L'Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. in W.Aiton, 1789. Hort. Kew. 2: 418

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelargonium rapaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelargonium rapaceum. Published online. Accessed: Aug 22 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelargonium rapaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelargonium rapaceum. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pelargonium rapaceum. Accessed: 22 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bergpatat, Bergaartappel, Norra, norretjie
English: Mountain potato

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