Geranium rubifolium Lindl. (1840:67)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Geranium costatum Graham in Edinburgh New Philos. J. 31: 390 (1841)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1840 or earlier (Wagh et al., 2020)
Relocated or rediscovered on 7 August 1980 (Nasir, 1983) [NB: possibly the only record until its (second) rediscovery]
Rediscovered on 27 August 2018 (Wagh et al., 2020)
Distribution
Jammu & Kashmir (multiple localities), India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lindley, J. (1840). Edwards’s Botanical Register 3 (26): t, 1-67. [Ridgway, London]
Other references:
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Knuth, R. (1912). Geranium L., pp. 575-583. In: Engler, A. (Eds.) Das Planzenreich. IV, 129 (Heft 53). Leizpig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
Malhotra, C. L. (1997). Geraniacae, pp. 62-94. In: Flora of India, IV. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Mao, A. A. and Dash, S. S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Nasir, Y. J. (1983). Geraniaceae, pp. 1-43. In: Nasir, E. and Ali, S. I. (eds.). Flora of Pakistan. No. 149. Karachi, Pakistan: University of Karachi.
Wagh, Vijay V. and Hurrah, Imtiyaz Ahmad. (2020). Revisiting the taxonomy of Geranium rubifolium (Geraniaceae) with notes on its habitat and conservation status. Phytotaxa 438(1): 37-42. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.438.1.4
Wu, Z. and Raven, P. H. (eds.). (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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