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

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 4952.

Lectotype (Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 63: 41. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 858.25 (LINN) .

Current name: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Aiton ( Geraniaceae).