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Taxon:  Pelargonium capitatum (L.) LʼHér.



Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Pelargonium
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27111
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:425. 1789
Comment:
  • [ornamental plants cultivated under this name may be of hybrid origin]
  • for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
  • authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
04/06/1998 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 capitatum L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Demarne, F. & J. J. A. van der Walt. 1989. Origin of the rose-scented Pelargonium cultivar grown on Réunion Island. S. African J. Bot. 55(2):184-191.
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  6. Miller, D. M. 2002. Chapter 8. The taxonomy of Pelargonium species and cultivars, their origins and growth in the wild. Geranium and Pelargonium. History of nomenclature, usage and cultivation Taylor & Francis Group.. 49-79.
  7. Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 97-98.
  8. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:145.
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Plaschil, S. et al. 2017. Genetic characterization of Pelagornium L’Hérit. germplasm. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 64:1051-1059. Note: hexaploid (2n=66)
  11. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3 Note: mentions
  12. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1977. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1 7.
  13. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the type section of Pelargonium L'Hérit. (Geraniaceae). Bothalia 15:353.
  14. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
rose geranium –
rose-scent geranium –
rose-scent pelargonium –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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=27111. Accessed 21 May 2025.