Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Pelargonium capitatum

Geraniaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Geraniales(ordo)
Geraniaceae(fam.)
Pelargonium(gen.)
capitatum(sp.)

Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'Hér.

, legitimate

, scientific

Aiton, W. (1789), Hortus Kewensis 2

:

425-426

BHL

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Geranium capitatum L.

legitimate

Comment: In the preface to volume 1 of Hortus Kewensis (1789), Aiton acknowledges "communications" of unpublished work sent to him by L'Héritier (p. vi) and cites several of these (p. xxi) in a list of "Books Quoted". This, combined with Aiton's citation of "L'Herit. n. 66" following the description, is here considered to constitute ascription of this new combination to L'Héritier by Aiton under ICN Art. 46.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Smith, J.E. in Rees, A. (ed.) (1 June 1813), The Cyclopaedia 26

:

-

BHL

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Geranium capitatum L.

legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

172

[secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (1962), The genus Pelargonium L'Her. ex Ait. in Australia.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

291-292

[secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. (1967), Geraniaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

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22-23

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

132

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

102

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Geraniaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

500

[secondary reference]

common name:

Rose Pelargonium

[n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Geraniaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

31

[secondary reference]

Smith, L.P. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Pelargonium.

Flora of Victoria

:

241, Fig. 45f

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Geranium capitatum L.

legitimate

common name:

Rose-scented Pelargonium

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons.

Flora of the South West

:

623

[secondary reference]

common name:

Rose Pelargonium

[n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2

:

320-321, photos 1-3

[secondary reference]

common name:

Rose Pelargonium

[n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

50

[secondary reference]