ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Geranium sanguineum

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Geraniaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium sanguineum
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Geranium sanguineum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

41 synonyms in this snapshot

Geranium grandiflorumName author: Gilib.
Geranium lancastrienseName author: Mill.
Geranium prostratumName author: Cav.
Geranium sanguineiformeName author: (Rouy) A.W.Hill
Geranium sanguineum f. biflorumName author: Nyár.
Geranium sanguineum f. grandiflorumName author: Font Quer
Geranium sanguineum f. latisectumName author: Evers
Geranium sanguineum f. macranthumName author: C.E.Lundstr.
Geranium sanguineum subsp. sanguineiformeName author: Rouy
Geranium sanguineum unranked coeruleumName author: (Evers) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum unranked lancastrienseName author: (Mill.) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum unranked latisectumName author: (Evers) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum unranked parviflorumName author: (Evers) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum unranked podperaeName author: (A. Wildt) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum unranked villosissimumName author: (DC.) Graebn.
Geranium sanguineum var. angustilobumName author: Sennen
Geranium sanguineum var. asperifoliumName author: Sennen
Geranium sanguineum var. biflorumName author: Rozeira
Geranium sanguineum var. biflorumName author: G. Don
Geranium sanguineum var. erectumName author: Weston
Geranium sanguineum var. genuinumName author: Godr.
Geranium sanguineum var. haematodesName author: Burm. f. ex R. Knuth
Geranium sanguineum var. incisumName author: Weston
Geranium sanguineum var. lancastrienseName author: (Mill.) Dum. Cours.
Geranium sanguineum var. lancastrienseName author: (Mill.) G. Nicholson
Geranium sanguineum var. latifoliumName author: Čelak.
Geranium sanguineum var. latifoliumName author: Parl.
Geranium sanguineum var. latipartitumName author: Petunn.
Geranium sanguineum var. majusName author: Maxim. ex Syr. & Petunn.
Geranium sanguineum var. monstrosumName author: Scheppig ex R. Knuth
Geranium sanguineum var. nitensName author: Chevall.
Geranium sanguineum var. parvifloraName author: Evers
Geranium sanguineum var. podperaeName author: A. Wildt
Geranium sanguineum var. prostratumName author: (Cav.) Willd.
Geranium sanguineum var. prostratumName author: (Cav.) Dum. Cours.
Geranium sanguineum var. prostratumName author: (Cav.) Pers.
Geranium sanguineum var. striatumName author: Weston
Geranium sanguineum var. subnudicaulixName author: Not supplied
Geranium sanguineum var. villosissimumName author: DC.
Geranium sanguineum var. villosumName author: Murr
Geranium sanguineum var. vulgareName author: Čelak.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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