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Taxon:  Pelargonium crispum (P. J. Bergius) LʼHér.



Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Pelargonium
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27117
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:430. 1789
Comment:
  • for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
  • authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
10/18/1996 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 crispum P. J. Bergius

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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. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  3. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  4. Harvey, W. H. & O. W. Sonder, eds. v. 1-3; W. T. Thiselton Dyer & A. W. Hill, eds. v. 4-7. 1860-1993. Flora capensis Note: lists as Pelargonium crispum (L.) L'Hér.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 99.
  8. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:145.
  9. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3
  10. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the type section of Pelargonium L'Hérit. (Geraniaceae). Bothalia 15:376.
Common names
English
crisped-leaf pelargonium –
lemon geranium –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Provinces.w.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province (s.w.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Food additivesflavoring Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
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=27117. Accessed 21 May 2025.