- Pelargonium littorale
Taxobox
name = "Pelargonium littorale"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Geraniales
familia =Geraniaceae
genus = "Pelargonium "
species = "P. littorale"
binomial = "Pelargonium littorale"
binomial_authority =Hügel exEndl. "Pelargonium littorale" is a
species of "Pelargonium " found within thesouthwest botanical province ofAustralia .Description
A perennial herb found as an erect or semiprostrate shrub, "Pelargonium littorale" may be 100 to 500 mm in height. The flowers are pink with a deeper coloration at the center.The species bears a strong resemblace to a co-genor, "
Pelargonium capitatum "; a 'rose scented' species, introduced from South Africa, that occupies a very similar habitat.The species was first described byKarl von Hügel , a plant collector who visited the state in 1837. This was published by Endlicher.It is described as native, not endemic.Distribution
The plant in found along coastal regions in the province, the range extends from most south eastern corner to the
Geraldton Sandplains in the North. An occurrence is also given in South Australia and Victoria.Taxonomy
The species has been placed within "Pelargonium" sect. "Peristera". A subspecies division has also been applied :
* "Pelargonium littorale" Huegel subsp. "littorale"
*References
*FloraBase|name="Pelargonium littorale" Huegel|id=4346
*cite web | url = http://razor.arnes.si/~mstrli/pp1.html | title = The Pelargonium Page | accessdate = 2007-08-31 | author = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | work = Discussion List | publisher = | quote = Section "Peristera" DC. "littorale" Hügel
*cite web | url = http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Pelargonium%20littorale%25 | title = Pelargonium littorale Endl. | accessdate = 2007-08-31 | author = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | work = Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) | publisher = IBIS | quote = Hugel, C.A.A. von ex Endlicher, S.L. in Hugel, C.A.A. von in Huegel, C.A.A. von (1837), Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft der Ossterreichischen Kaiserstaates 2: t. 5 Type: "welche von dem Herausgeber am Schwanen flusse gesammelt, ..." [given by Endlicher, Enum. Pl. Huegel (Apr. 1837) 14 as "Swan-River (Hügel.)."] .
*cite book |last= Rippey|first=Elizabeth |authorlink= |coauthors=Rowland (Reinette), Barbara |editor= |others= |title=Coastal plants: Perth and the south-west region |origyear=1995 |edition= 2nd ed. |year=2004 |publisher= UWA Press |location= Perth |language= |isbn= 1 920694 05 6|pages= 182, 13|chapter= |quote=*"Pelargonium capitatum" (L.) Rose pelargonium ... high priority environmental weed.
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