Geranium papilionaceum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 676. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 4936.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 345, Geranium 16 (BM) ; [icon] in Martyn, Hist. Pl. Rar.: 15, t. 15. 1728; [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 154, t. 128, f. 155. 1732.

Current name: Pelargonium papilionaceum (L.) L’Hér . ( Geraniaceae).

Note: Van der Walt (in Bothalia 15: 382. 1985) treated 858.5 (LINN) as the lectotype, but the sheet lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “4”) and was a post-1753 addition to the collection, and not original material for the name.