Geranium auritum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 679. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 4958.

Basionym of: Geranium prolificum L. var. auritum (L.) L. (1763) .

Lectotype (van der Walt & Vorster in J. S. African Bot. 46: 285. 1980): [icon] " Geranium Afric. foliis plerumque auritis, flor. ex rubro purpurascentibus " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 121, t. 61. 1701.

Current name: Pelargonium auritum (L.) Willd. ( Geraniaceae).