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The genus Pelargonium is in the family Geraniaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pelargonium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pelargonium abrotanifolium Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium alchemilloides (L.) Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium alpinum Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium althaeoides (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium antidysentericum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kostel.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium aridum R.A. Dyer	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium aristatum (Sweet) G. Don	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium asarifolium (Sweet) D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium auritum (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium betulinum (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium candicans Spreng.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium capillare Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium carnosum L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium ceratophyllum L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium cordifolium Curtis	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium coronopifolium Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium cortusaefolium L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium crassicaule L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium crassipes Harv.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium dolomiticum R. Knuth	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium × domesticum L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium ellaphieae E.M. Marais	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium elongatum Salisb.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium fruticosum Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium glutinosum (Jacq.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium grandicalcaratum R. Knuth	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium grossularioides (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium × hortorum L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium incarnatum (L.) Moench	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium klinghardtense R. Knuth	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium lanceolatum Kern	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium longifolium Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium luridum (Andrews) Sweet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pelargonium magenteum J.J.A. Van der Walt	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium otaviense R. Knuth	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium panduriforme Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium plurisectum SALTER	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium praemorsum F. Dietr.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium pseudoglutinosum R. Knuth	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium radens H.E. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium ribifolium Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium scabrum (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium schizopetalum Sweet	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium sericifolium J.J.A. Van der Walt	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium setulosum Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium sibthorpiifolium Harv.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium ternifolium Vorster	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium tricolor Curt.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium trifidum Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium triste L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium vitifolium (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO
Pelargonium zonale (L.) L'Hér.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,651 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pelargonium. Of these 57 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 27 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pelargonium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,651 species names for the genus Pelargonium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	57	3.5%
◕	Synonym	78	4.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1,516	91.8%

All names

The status of the 1,678 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pelargonium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	59	3.5%
◕	Synonym	91	5.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1,528	91.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 1,651 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pelargonium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	43	63	0	0	106	6.4%
	Low confidence	14	15	0	1,516	1,545	93.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pelargonium, are as follows: