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Taxon:  Pelargonium zonale (L.) LʼHér.



Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Ciconium
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27148
Place of publication:
W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:424. 1789
Comment:
  • for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979
  • authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
06/07/1995 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 zonale L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Albers, F. et al. 1992. A reappraisal of Pelargonium sect. Ligularia (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:257-276.
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985, 1987. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa Note: v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. 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.
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 53-55.
  8. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1981. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 2. 2.
  9. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1977. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1 50.
  10. Weihe, A. et al. 2009. Biparental inheritance of plastidial and mitochondrial DNA and hybrid variegation in Pelargonium. Molec. Genet. Genomics 282:587-593.
Common names
English
horseshoe pelargonium –
Afrikaans
wilde malva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province]
Cultivated (also cult.)
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=27148. Accessed 21 May 2025.