TaxonomyPelargonium antidysentericum is a member of the Subgenus Pelargonium jenkinsonia (Sweet) DC. ampl. J. J. A. van der Walt.
BotanyAnnual herbs or perrenial sub-shrubs with woody or herbaceous stems, rarely tuberous. Leaves palmately divided or trifoliolate, flowers with 4-5 petals, with posterior two much bigger or the same size as the anterior, or with the anterior petals absent. Fertile stamens 2, 3, 5 or 7. Hypanthium shorter or longer than pedicel. Basic chromosome number, x = 9. Further characters, on which the species are separated into a section are pollen morphology, RbcL gene sequences, and phenolic composition. See S. Afr. J. Bot. 63 (1997) 4-21 for details.
Subgenus Pelargonium jenkinsoniaantidysentericum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kostel.
artemisiaefolium auct. non DC. syn. divisifolium Vorster
bechuanicum Burtt Davy syn. dolomiticum Knuth
divisifolium Vorster
dolomiticum Knuth
fourcadei Knuth syn. praemorsum (Andr.) Dietr.
fragile (Andr.) Willd. syn. trifidum (Burm. f.) Willd.
griseum Knuth
juttae Dinter syn. dolomiticum Knuth
plurisectum Salter
praemorsum (Andr.) Dietr.
quinatum Sims. syn. praemorsum (Andr.) Dietr.
redactum Vorster
senecioides L'Herit.
tenuicaule Knuth
tragacanthoides Burch.
trifidum (Burm. f.) Willd.
tripartitum Willd. syn. trifidum (Burm. f.) Willd.