Geranium macrorrhizum

Geranium macrorrhizum

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. Unguiculata
Species: Geranium macrorrhizum

Name

Geranium macrorrhizum L. (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Robertium macrorrhizum (L.) Picard, Mem. Soc. Agric. Boulogne, Ser. 2, 1: 134 (1837).

• Heterotypic
  • Geranium balkanum N.Taylor, Stand. Cycl. Hort. (Bailey) 1332 (1915).
  • Geranium lugubre Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 309 (1796).

Hybrids

G. × cantabrigiense

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia Regional: Southeastern Europe Austria, Francea Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Turkey Introduced into: Belgium, Chile Central, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Krym, Ukraine References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 680. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Geranium macrorrhizum. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Geranium macrorrhizum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Geranium macrorrhizum. Published online. Accessed: 29 July 2020.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: İrikökümsov ətirşah
български: Обикновен здравец
Deutsch: Balkan-Storchschnabel
English: Rock Crane's-bill
français: Géranium à grosses racines
italiano: Geranio odoroso
Nederlands: Rotsooievaarsbek
occitan: Geranium deus Balcans
polski: Bodziszek korzeniasty
русский: Герань крупнокорневищная
српски / srpski: Здравац
українська: Герань великокореневищна

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