Pelargonium fulgidum (L.) Aiton

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 529

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

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 4932.

Lectotype (Albers & al. in S. African J. Bot. 66: 39. 2000): [icon] " Geranium Afric. folio Alceae, flore coccineo fulgidissimo Boerh. " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 156, t. 130, f. 157. 1732.

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

Note: The Tilli illustration cited by Linnaeus is figured by Jarvis (in Museol. Sci. 9: 164, f. 5, 6. 1993), and here (p. 163).