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Taxon: Family Geraniaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - Geranium family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  M. Adanson, 1763 ex A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., orth. corr.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Adanson, M. 1763. Fam. Pl. 2: 384. ["Gerania", nom. praeinit.].
Original name & rank:  de Jussieu, A.L. 1789. Gen. Pl.: 268 ("Ordo"[=Family], "Gerania"). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 1 Sep 2022.
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 106).

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Geraniales (Order) Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Geranieae (Tribe) Sweet (1820)
Type: Geranium (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 106).

Variants

Pre-starting point name: Gerania (Family) Adans. (1763), nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 3 Nov 2022.

Synonyms

Including: Hypseocharitaceae (Family) Wedd. (1861) Ref: APG III (comps.), 2009: 113.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: ooievaarsbekfamilie Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 240.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Geranium family
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