Plant Details

Accepted name:: Geranium purpureum Vill. [Geraniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
purple crane's- bill	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫ابرة الارعي‬ الارجوانية‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Geranium eginense Hausskn. & Sint. ex R.Knuth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 217 (1903).
Geranium mediterraneum Jord. Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 251 (1852).
Geranium minutiflorum Jord. Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 250 (1852).
Geranium modestum Jord. Index Seminum (GR, Gratianopolis) 1849: 16 (1849), nom. illeg.
Geranium purpureum var. forsteri Wilmott J. Bot. 59: 95 (1921).
Geranium purpureum subsp. forsteri (Wilmott) H.G.Baker Watsonia 3: 165 (1956).
Geranium purpureum var. intricatum (Gren. ex Rouy) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 65 (1913).
Geranium purpureum var. mediterraneum (Jord.) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 7: 65 (1913).
Geranium purpureum var. minutiflorum (Jord.) Loret & Barrandon Fl. Montpellier, éd. 2: 92 (1886).
Geranium purpureum var. modestum (Fourr.) Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 66 (1893).
Geranium purpureum var. modestum (Fourr.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
Geranium purpureum f. subeglandulosum H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 94 (1932).
Geranium robertianum var. incisum A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 102 (1825).
Geranium robertianum var. intricatum Gren. ex Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 97 (1897).
Geranium robertianum f. intricatum (Gren. ex Rouy) Merino Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 11: 116 (1913).
Geranium robertianum subvar. mediterraneum (Jord.) Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 13 (1936).
Geranium robertianum var. mediterraneum (Jord.) Rouy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 53 (1884).
Geranium robertianum f. minutiflorum (Jord.) Merino Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 11: 116 (1913).
Geranium robertianum var. minutiflorum (Jord.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 145 (1889).
Geranium robertianum f. modestum (Fourr.) F.N.Williams Prodr. Fl. Brit. 9: 501 (1912).
Geranium robertianum subvar. modestum (Fourr.) Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 13 (1936).
Geranium robertianum var. modestum (Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 145 (1889).
Geranium robertianum var. parviflorum Viv. Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 39 (1824).
Geranium robertianum subsp. purpureum (Vill.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
Geranium robertianum var. purpureum (Vill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 853 (1805).
Geranium robertianum proles purpureum (Vill.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 96 (1897).
Geranium robertianum var. rubricaule Hornem. Fors. Oecon. Plantel., ed. 3, 2: 226 (1835).
Geranium robertianum f. subeglandulosum H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 94 (1932).
Geranium robertianum var. villarsianum (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 4: 97 (1897).
Geranium semiglabrum Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 130 (1857).
Geranium simile Jord. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 138 (1878).
Geranium villarsianum Jord. Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 249 (1852).
Robertium minutiflorum (Jord.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 351 (1868).
Robertium modestum Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
Robertium purpureum (Vill.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
Robertium semiglabrum (Jord. ex Boreau) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
Robertium simile Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 134 (1868).
Robertium vulgare var. purpureum (Vill.) Picard Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer, sér. 2, 1: 137 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Geranium purpureum	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

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