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Internal ID UUID64401ddad5751452241966
Scientific name Geranium arabicum
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 124 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Geranium frigidum Hochst. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 116.
Geranium emirnense Bojer

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Language Common/alternative name
Finnish arabiankurjenpolvi

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Geranium arabicum subsp. arabicum
Geranium arabicum subsp. latistipulatum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kokwaro Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 117. 1847 (1847)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000700007
Tropicos 13900235
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372746-1
The Plant List kew-2822834
Open Tree Of Life 3942173
NCBI Taxonomy 1368245
IPNI 372746-1
iNaturalist 501536
GBIF 2890772
EPPO GERAR
EOL 130403
USDA GRIN 424403

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ericaceous vegetation of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia will prevail in the face of climate change Kidane YO, Hoffmann S, Jaeschke A, Beloiu M, Beierkuhnlein C Sci Rep 03-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8813939
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05846-z
PMID:35115621
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used against human ailments in Gubalafto District, Northern Ethiopia Chekole G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5628421
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0182-7
PMID:28978342
Genetic structuring, dispersal and taxonomy of the high-alpine populations of the Geranium arabicum/kilimandscharicum complex in tropical eastern Africa Wondimu T, Gizaw A, Tusiime FM, Masao CA, Abdi AA, Hou Y, Nemomissa S, Brochmann C PLoS One 26-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5446165
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178208
PMID:28552970
Use and management of traditional medicinal plants by Maale and Ari ethnic communities in southern Ethiopia Kidane B, van Andel T, van der Maesen LJ, Asfaw Z J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4055949
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-46
PMID:24898079
Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human and livestock ailments by traditional healers in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia Tolossa K, Debela E, Athanasiadou S, Tolera A, Ganga G, Houdijk JG J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3679849
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-32
PMID:23680260
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia Bussmann RW, Swartzinsky P, Worede A, Evangelista P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Sep-2011
PMCID:PMC3196683
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-7-28
PMID:21943288

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