Pelargonium graveolens LʼHér. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Pelargonium

Section:

Pelargonium

Family:

Geraniaceae

Nomen number:

317549

Place of publication:

W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:423. 1789

Comment:

[plants cultivated under this name differ from wild plants and may be of hybrid origin]
for authorship see comments in J. S. African Bot. 45:377-380. 1979

Verified:

08/27/1992 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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Geranium terebinthinaceum Cav.
Pelargonium terebinthinaceum (Cav.) Desf.

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Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Demarne, F. E. & J. J. A. van der Walt. 1989. Origin of the rose-scented Pelargonium cultivar grown on Réunion Island. S. African J. Bot. 55:184-191. Note: plant grown in Reunion for geranium oil is hybrid, Pelargonium capitatum × P. radens
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1963. Flora zambesiaca. 2(1):147, 149.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 103-104.
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:143. Note: considers that commercial cultivated plants are misidentified using this name
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3
van der Walt, J. J. A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the type section of Pelargonium L'Hérit. (Geraniaceae). Bothalia 15:364.

Common names

English
rose geranium –
rose-scent geranium –
Portuguese (Brazil)
gerânio –
sardineira –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Cape Province
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Africa

SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province, Transvaal]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental		Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Food additives	flavoring		Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials	essential oils	used in perfumery	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Pelargonium graveolens LʼHér.