Pelargonium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q146118
Pelargonium
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Summary

Pelargonium is a taxon[1]. Pelargonium ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,722 views/month, #1,289 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Geraniaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Pelargonium[5]
  • Commons category: Pelargonium[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pelargonium[7]
  • Commons gallery: Pelargonium[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(1)[10]
  • Taxon synonym: Corthumia[11], Grenvillea[12], Jenkinsonia[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8986[14]
  • This taxon is source of: geranium oil[15], fragrance of geranium[16], geranium leaf[17], geranium leaf smell[18], pelargonium scent[19]
  • Taxon common name: Geranium[20], Pelargonit[21], テンジクアオイ属[22], Klimgeranium[23], Pelargonia[24], Pelargonsläktet[25], 天竺葵屬[26], Пеларгонія[27], Muskátli[28], Пеларгония[29], Мушкатла[30], Itır[31], 天竺葵属[32], pelargonija[33]
  • Has fruit type: capsule[34]

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Identifiers

Pelargonium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72281[35]. Pelargonium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4030[36]. Pelargonium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59440[37]. Pelargonium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9348640[38]. Pelargonium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29154[39].

Why It Matters

Pelargonium has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Pelargonium is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(1). wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Wkee4ager · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon author citation → L'Hér.
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0253208-pelargonie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0253208-pelargonie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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