Re: [IGSROBIN] where did they all come from?
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- Subject: Re: [IGSROBIN] where did they all come from?
- From: C* P* <R*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 04:00:16 EDT
Andrew & Robin,
Here is a condensed Pelargonium species List. This will not overwhelm
you! In fact most of these are species that are easier to work with. The
information here is based on a Lecture done by Dr. James (Jim) Sefton last
year. I needed to get the data into my computer anyway so here it is:
My miscellaneous page is like a time line that gives a historical
overview on Plants. I welcome anyone to build off from where I started and
add their own knowledgeable information on the subject.
Like the Swedish Botanist that started plant classification, set up
organization in groups of character???Was that Lenayus? Date?
Then there is his student Carl Tungberg ? who looked for the pelargoniums
with Frances Mason in South Africa. Dates???
So....
ready???*********************************************************************
Pelargoniums: Approximate Chronology of discovery of certain
South African Species, with a generalized
location
Date Species Locations
1632 P.triste Western Cape, near coast
1672 P.cucullatum Coastal southwest cape near Capetown
1690 P.capitatum Entire coast from Capetown to
Zululand
1693 P.alchemilloides Entire coast, eastward from Capetown
1700 P.peltatum South and East Cape, coastal
1710 P.zonale South and East Cape, coastal,
Southwest
Cape interior
1710 P.fulgidum Western Cape, coastal
1712 P.gibbosum Western Cape, coastal
1714 P.inquinans Southeast Cape, coast & interior,
Port
Elizabeth to Umtata
1724 P.acetosum Eastern Cape, coast &
interior,Port Eliza-
beth to Steynsburg
1724 P.odoratissimum Southern Cape, coastal
1724 P.vitifolium Southwest Cape, coastal & interior
1724 P.papilionaceum Southwest & South Cape
1763 P.tabulare Southwest Cape interior,
VanRhynsdorp to
Uniondale
1767 P.crispum Southwest Cape, Worcester,
Bredasdorp
1768 P.hirtum West Cape coastal, Capetown to
St. Helena
Bay
1770 P.appendiculatum Western Cape, Leipoldtville
1772 P. sidoides Widespread Eastern Cape; also
Orange Free
State/Transvaal
1774 P.tetragonum Southern Cape ISland, Caledon to
Grahamstown
1774 P.radens Southern & Eastern cape,
behind coast
1774 P.cordifolium South& East Cape, Bredasdorp to King
William’s Town
1775 P.glaucum Southwest Cape interior,
Worcestor only
(now P.lanceolatum)
1775 P.scabrum Southern & Western Cape,
widespread
1786 P.betulinum Southwest & South Cape, very
close to coast
1786 P.ceratophyllym S.W.A./ Namibia, mouth of Orange River
1786 P.cortusifolium S.W.A./ Namibia, mouth of Orange River
1786 P.crassicaule S.W.A./ Namibia, mouth of Orange River
1787 P.minimum Cape of Good Hope,but also
widespread
throughout Africa
1788 P.rapaceum Southwest Cape, interior
1789 P.denticulatum South Cape Coast, Mossel Bay
1789 P.grossularioides South and East Cape, coastal
1789 P.quercifolium South Cape, near Oudtshoorn &
Willowmore
1789 P.graveolens Southeast Cape,George to Grahamstown &
North Transvaal
1791 P.abrotanifolium Southeast Cape, also in Orange
Free State
1791 P.alternans Southwest Cap, interior
1792 P.longifolium Southwest Cape interior, Calvinia to
Port Elizabeth
1792 P.crithmifolium Richtersveld, Namaqualand
1792 P.fragile Southern Cape interior, near
Oudtshoorn
(ex-P.trifidum)
1793 P.tricolor Southern Cape interior, near
Oudtshoorn
(ex-P.violareum)
1794 P.grandiflorum Southwest Cape interior
1794 P.incrassatum Western Cape, south from Sprinkbok
1794 P.tomentosum Southwest cape,Riversdale to Bredasdorp
1795 P.echinatum Western Cape, Namaqualand,
Clanwilliam
to Richtersveld
1795 P.pulchellum Namaqualand, around Bitterfontein
1797 P.paniculatum S.W.A./Namibia:mouth of Orange River
1800 P.fruticosum Southern cape, Ladismith to Willowmore
1800 P.reniforme Eastern cape, coastal, Knysna
to Umtata
1801 P.praemorsum Namaqualand, Richtersvald south to
VanRhynsdorp
1805 P.luridum Eastern Cape: also
Transvaal,Natal, &
Orange Free State
1810 P.dolomiticum Far northern interior, near Kuruman
1813 P.dichondrifolium Eastern cape, Middelburg, Somerset East
1814 P.oblongatum Northern Namaqualand, Richtersveld
1821 P.schizopetalum Eastern Cape, Transkei: Port Elizabeth to
Butterworth
1822 P.pulverulentum Eastern Cape, Transkei: also Natal
1824 P.laxum Dry areas of cental cape, near
Middelburg
1826 P.candicans Southwest Cape interior
1830 P.dasphyllum Northern Namaqualand
1835 P.antidysentericum Northern Namaqualand, near
Springbok
1835 P.iocastum Southwest Cape, interior
1841 P.ionidiflorum Eastern Cape interior, Cradock, and
Fort Beaufort
1860 P.crassipes Southern Namaqualand,
VanRhynsdorp to
Clanwilliam
1866 P.exhibens Eastern Cape, interior,
Middelburg
1877 P. barklyi Namaqualand, south of
Springbok
1890 P.transvaalense Transvaal, north of Barberton
1897 P.xerophyton S.W.A./Namibia,Springbok, around
& beyond
Oranjemund & Alexander
Bay
1913 P.klinghardtense S.W.A./Namibia, Klinghardt
Mtns.
1930s P.acraeum Transvaal, Northeast of Pretoria
1934 P.tenuicaule S.W.A./Namibia, mouth of
the
Orange River
1955 P.tongaense Northeastern Natal
1983 P.citronellum Southern cape, George.
1984 P. greytonense Southwestern cape, coastal, Greyton
Note: Most Pelargoniums species are found around the Cape area of S.
Africa. Unfortunately this was also the desired area at which
settlements sprung up.
The S.W.A./Namibia, areas often would have less than an
inch a year.
The number of native species increases as you go south down the
West coast and turn toward Cape Agulhas going east.
Miscellaneous Elaboration's are welcomed!
TIME LINE
In 1630 in England, the period of expansion of plant knowledge
was in the works. Learning about male and female parts
and pollen allowed for the Classification of plant material to happen.
In 1738 Johanna's Berman was the 1st person to use the term
Pelargonium, arriving from South Africa.
British take over the cape- figured out hybridizing, hot house
propagation in England, (hybrids between two species, some
species are know lost 1820, 1830, known only by drawings)
1830 Microscope invention-allowed for botanists to see how pollenation
worked.
1850 Darwin shows relationship between plants and evolution.
19th Century gardens cultivated regals. Lord Butte 1870s was
popular in gardens. Thomas Jefferson planted them around
his estate.
Later....
Cynthia Pardoe
