Geranium lucidum

Geranium lucidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Subgenus: G. subg. Robertium
Sectio: G. sect. Lucida
Species: Geranium lucidum

Name

Geranium lucidum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 682 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Robertium lucidum (L.) Picard, Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne, sér. 2, 1: 134. (1837).
• Heterotypic
  • Geranium laevigatum Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 150. 1835, nom. illeg., non DC. (1824).
  • Geranium lucens Hocq., Fl. Jemmape: 205. (1814).
  • Geranium raii Lindl., Syn. Brit. Fl.: 57. (1829).
  • Geranium saxatile Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 3: 316. 1901, nom. illeg. non Kar. & Kir. (1842).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Macaronesia Madeira Introduced into: California, Oregon, Washington References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 682. Reference page. :

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Geranium lucidum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Geranium lucidum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Geranium lucidum. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Glänzender Storchschnabel
eesti: Läikiv kurereha
suomi: Kiiltokurjenpolvi
français: Géranium luisant
Nederlands: Glanzige Ooievaarsbek

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