IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30302759-2

Publication

Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London

Collation

2: 417

Date of Publication

7 Aug-1 Oct 1789

Family as entered in IPNI

Geraniaceae

Type Information

Type Name

Designated Type: P. cucullatum (L.) L'Hér. (Geranium cucullatum L.)

Chosen By

J.J.A.van der Walt J. S. African Bot. 45: 380. 1979 [31 Jul 1979] [Small (in N. Amer. Fl. 25: 23. 25 Aug 1907) cited P. hirsutum as the type; rejected as a mechanical process (vide ICN Art. 10)]

Remarks

Aiton (preface vi) acknowledged L'Héritier's contribution and ascribed Pelargonium to L'Héritier.