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Taxon:  Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) LʼHér.



Summary
Genus:
Pelargonium
Section:
Reniformia
Family:
Geraniaceae
Nomen number:
27134
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:
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 odoratissimum 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. Dreyer, L. L. & E. M. Marais. 2000. Section Reniformia, a new section in the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). S. African J. Bot. 66:48.
  4. Dreyer, L. L. et al. 1992. Subdivision of Pelargonium sect. Cortusina (Geraniaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 183:83-97.
  5. 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
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 Note: mentions
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  10. Miller, D. 1996. Pelargoniums; a gardener's guide to the species and their hybrids and cultivars 129.
  11. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:114.
  12. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:145. Note: mentions
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. van der Walt, J. J. A. & P. J. Vorster. 1988. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 3 Note: mentions
  15. van der Walt, J. J. A. 1977. Pelargoniums of southern Africa, vol. 1 30.
Common names
English
apple geranium –
sweet-scent pelargonium –
French
géranium –
German
Zitronenpelargonie –
Spanish
geranio malva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Materialsessential oils Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
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=27134. Accessed 22 May 2025.