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Taxon:  Pelargonium alchemilloides (L.) LʼHér.



Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Ciconium
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27105
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:419. 1789
Comment:
  • for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
  • authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
10/08/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Geranium alchemilloides L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pelargonium malvifolium J. Jacq.
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Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  2. James, C. M. et al. 2004. Molecular studies in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). A taonomic appraisal of section Ciconium and the origin of 'Zonal' and 'Ivy-leaved' cultivars. Pl. Syst. Evol. 243:131-146.
  3. Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 44.
  4. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3 Note: mentions
  5. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1977. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1 3.
Common names
English
lady's mantle-leaf pelargonium –
Afrikaans
wilde malva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27105. Accessed 21 May 2025.