Taxonavigation

Pelargonium × graveolens

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Subgenus: P. subg. Pelargonium
Sectio: P. sect. Pelargonium
Nothospecies: Pelargonium × graveolens

Name

• Pelargonium × graveolens L'Hér. in Aiton, Hortus Kew. 2: 423. 1792.
  • Formula hybridae: Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'Hér. × Pelargonium radens H.E.Moore
  • Type: L'Hér. (1792) Geraniologia t. 17.

Hybrids

P. × blandfordianum – P. × melissimum

Note:

The type of L'Héritier refer to the almost infertile plant commonly cultivated in Europe and elsewhere. Slightly different fertile plants has been found later (Van der Walt & Vorste 1988) and might represent a new species (Miller 1996).

References

• L'Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. in Aiton, W. (1792) Hortus Kew. 2: 423.
• Miller, D. (1996) Pelargoniums: a gardener's guide to the species and their cultivars and hybrids. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
• Van der Walt, J.J.A. & Vorster P.J. (1988) Pelargoniums of Southern Africa vol. 3.

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