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Internal ID UUID64401de4bf30e819545070
Scientific name Geranium incanum
Authority Burm.f.
First published in Spec. Bot. Geran. : 28 (1759)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Geranium elongatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 310. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]
Geranium incanum var. multifidum (Sweet) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 197 (1985)
Geranium multifidum Sweet Geraniaceae 3: t. 245 (1825)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans vrouebossie

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000700650
Tropicos 13900249
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373171-1
The Plant List kew-2823423
Open Tree Of Life 70672
NCBI Taxonomy 1158081
IPNI 373171-1
iNaturalist 566720
GBIF 2890643
EPPO GERIN
EOL 130431
Calflora (Californian flora) 13013
USDA GRIN 424566

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_036897385.1 ASM3689738v1 Contig The University of Texas at Austin 2024-02-28 12 245.96 Mb

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Exploring the Use of Indigenous Wild Vegetables by the Basotho People of Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Nutritional Analysis of Selected Species Tshikororo RR, Ajao AA, Moteetee AN Foods 20-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10378859
doi:10.3390/foods12142763
PMID:37509855
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Gene duplication and rate variation in the evolution of plastid ACCase and Clp genes in angiosperms Williams AM, Carter OG, Forsythe ES, Mendoza HK, Sloan DB Mol Phylogenet Evol 13-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9673162
doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107395
PMID:35033670
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
The sequencing and characterization of chloroplast genome of Geranium sibiricum Linne Huizhen S, Xue X Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 06-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8266239
doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1947912
PMID:34286090
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7384428
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113194
PMID:32730880
Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons Cowling RM, Logie C, Brady J, Middleton M, Grobler BA PeerJ 31-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6679649
doi:10.7717/peerj.7336
PMID:31396438
Exploring African Medicinal Plants for Potential Anti-Diabetic Compounds with the DIA-DB Inverse Virtual Screening Web Server Pereira AS, den Haan H, Peña-García J, Moreno MM, Pérez-Sánchez H, Apostolides Z Molecules 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6571761
doi:10.3390/molecules24102002
PMID:31137754
Contrasting Patterns of Nucleotide Substitution Rates Provide Insight into Dynamic Evolution of Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes of Geranium Park S, Ruhlman TA, Weng ML, Hajrah NH, Sabir JS, Jansen RK Genome Biol Evol 06-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5570028
doi:10.1093/gbe/evx124
PMID:28854633
Coevolution between Nuclear-Encoded DNA Replication, Recombination, and Repair Genes and Plastid Genome Complexity Zhang J, Ruhlman TA, Sabir JS, Blazier JC, Weng ML, Park S, Jansen RK Genome Biol Evol 17-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4824065
doi:10.1093/gbe/evw033
PMID:26893456

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