Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC)
Number of records published in GBIF

8.937

Contact

Administrative Contact

Carlos Aedo Pérez

Tecnical contact

Francisco Pando de la Hoz

Telephone

+34914203017

Address

Plaza de Murillo, 2
Madrid
28014
Madrid
ESPAÑA

Email

aedo@rjb.csic.es; pando@rjb.csic.es

How to get there

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Website

http://www.geranium.es/

Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World

Description

The dataset includes 8937 records that covers genus Geranium the New World, providing an updated, taxonomically consistent and a sound geographical distribution of the 137 species of Geranium in America. These are the studied specimens on which following monograph was based: Aedo, Carlos (2012). Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 550p. Besides the exhaustive taxonomic work done, and reflected in the dataset, a detailed revision of the locality of the specimens was performed, and geographic coordinates could be assigned with a 1 minute accuracy in c. 6500 records. Duplicate specimens kept in different collections have been aggregated into single records. Specimens from 128 herbaria were reviewed. These were supplemented by others collected during nine field trips, which allowed to know better the variability of characters within populations, and refine species distribution ranges. These expeditions took place in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, United States and Venezuela, and yielded 235 herbarium specimens of Geranium belonging to 46 species. The potential for this dataset to be widely reused is very high, given the level of taxonomic and geographic scrutiny this dataset encompasses, its completeness, and the fact that Geranium is a well-known genus, widely used in horticulture and for pharmaceutical products.

Overall information

Goals

This dataset gathers the primary data organized to support a modern and comprehensive monograph of Geranium in America.

How to cite

Aedo, C. & F. Pando (2015) Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World: specimens database. Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC.

Taxonomic coverage

Scientific names

Erodioidea, Geraniaceae, Geraniales, Geranium, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Robertianum.

Common names

Geranio.

Geospatial coverage

The New World: South America, Central America and North America.

Geographic description

South America, Central America and North America

Temporal location

Temporal coverage

1787-01-01 a 2012-01-01.

Digitalization

Nº of copies / records

8.937

Nº of species

137

Does it include Type specimens?

No

Map of Specimens

Related Resources

Publications

  • Aedo, C. & F. Pando (2015) Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World: specimens database. Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC.
  • Aedo, C. (2012) Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 550p.
  • Aedo, C. (2014) Novas ocorrências de Geranium L. para a flora do Brasil. Iheringia 69(1): 221-223.
  • Aedo, C., Muñoz Garmendia, F. & Pando, F. (1998) World checklist of Geranium L. (Geraniaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56(2) : 211-252.
  • Aedo C, Pando F (2015): A Distribution and Taxonomic Reference Dataset of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. v2.7. Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC). Dataset/Occurrence. http://doi.org/10.15470/ibqzdo

Web Resources

Access to datasets

  • A Distribution and Taxonomic Reference Dataset of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World