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Pelargonium somalense

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Name

Identification
Pelargonium somalense Franch. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Pelargonium quinquelobatum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Pelargonium somalense
  • Pelargonium quinquelobatum

Flora

Entry for PELARGONIUM somalense Franch. [family GERANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PELARGONIUM somalense Franch. [family GERANIACEAE], (1882);. type: ?N3, without precise locality, Révoil 24 (P holo.).
PELARGONIUM quinquelobatum (Franch.) Verdc. var. somalense [family GERANIACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.: tab. 3655 (1969);. type: ?N3, without precise locality, Révoil 24 (P holo.).
PELARGONIUM quinquelobatum Chiov. var. migiurtinorum [family GERANIACEAE], in Fl. Somala 1: 122 (1929);. type: N3, from “Balli Scillin” to “Inaoschin”, Puccioni & Stefanini 780 (FT holo.).
PELARGONIUM migiurtinorum (Chiov.) Chiov. [family GERANIACEAE], op. cit.: 436 (1929);. type: N3, from “Balli Scillin” to “Inaoschin”, Puccioni & Stefanini 780 (FT holo.).
Information
Similar to P. quinquelobatum, but plant only 8–15 cm tall, with leaf-blades up to c. 2 cm long. Umbels 1–2-flowered; peduncle to c. 10 cm long; free part of pedicel c. 1 mm long. Sepals c. 5 mm long. Petals 5, c. 10 mm long, reddish or whitish.
Range
N3 not known from elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1100 m.
Notes
A plant from the escarpment S of Bunder Murrayha collected in 1986 flowered in cultivation in Uppsala in 1987 and produced a 2-flowered umbel with reddish flowers.

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