Erlangea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Erodium
Subgenera: E. subg. Barbata – E. subg. Erodium
Species

E. absinthoides – E. acaule – E. adenophorum – E. aethiopicum – E. aguilellae – E. alnifolium – E. alpinum – E. amanum – E. angustilobum – E. anthemidifolium – E. arborescens – E. asplenioides – E. astragaloides – E. atlanticum – E. aureum – E. aytacii – E. battandierianum – E. beketowii – E. birandianum – E. boissieri – E. botrys – E. brachycarpum – E. carvifolium – E. castellanum – E. cazorlanum – E. cedrorum – E. celtibericum – E. cheilanthifolium – E. chevallieri – E. chilense – E. chium – E. chrysanthum – E. ciconium – E. cicutarium – E. corsicum – E. crassifolium – E. crenatum – E. crinitum – E. crispum – E. cyconioides – E. cygnorum – E. cyrenaicum – E. daucoides – E. dimorphum – E. flexuosum – E. foetidum – E. fumarioides – E. gaillardotii – E. gatamantum – E. gaussenianum – E. geoides – E. glandulosum – E. glaucophyllum – E. gruinum – E. guicciardii – E. guinochetianum – E. guttatum – E. hakkiaricum – E. hartvigianum – E. hendrikii – E. hesperium – E. heteradenum – E. heterosepalum – E. hoefftianum – E. iranicum – E. jahandiezianum – E. janszii – E. keithii – E. laciniatum – E. lebelii – E. leucanthum – E. litwinowii – E. malacoides – E. maculatum – E. manescavi – E. maritimum – E. maroccanum – E. masguindali – E. mauritanicum – E. medeense – E. meynieri – E. micropetalum – E. microphyllum – E. moschatum – E. mouretii – E. nanum – E. nervulosum – E. neuradifolium – E. oreophilum – E. oxyrhinchum – E. paui – E. pelargoniflorum – E. populifolium – E. praecox – E. primulaceum – E. recoderi – E. reichardii – E. rodiei – E. rupestre – E. rupicola – E. ruthenicum – E. salzmannii – E. sanguis-christi – E. saxatile – E. schemachense – E. sebaceum – E. sibthorpianum – E. somanum – E. sosnowskianum – E. stellatum – E. stephanianum – E. stevenii – E. subintegrifolium – E. sublyratum – E. tataricum – E. telavivense – E. texanum – E. tibetanum – E. tordylioides – E. touchyanum – E. toussidanum – E. trichomanefolium – E. trifolium – E. vetteri
Nothospecies

E. × anaristatum – E. × bolosii – E. × fallax – E. × variabile – E. × viscosum
Name

Erodium L'Hér. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 414 (1789)

Lectotype species: E. crassifolium L'Hér. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 414. (1789), designated by Hanks & J.K. Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 21 (1907).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Erodion St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 125 (1880).
Myrrhina Rupr., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 277 (1869).
Ramphocarpus Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 438 (1790).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Northern Europe
Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
Regional: Middle Europe
Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Regional: Eastern Europe
Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
Regional: Macaronesia
Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Selvagens.
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Mauritania.
Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
Regional: Southern Africa
Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Free State.
Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
St.Helena.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Siberia
Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
Regional: Russian Far East
Amur, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye.
Regional: Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
Regional: Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Regional: China
China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
Regional: Mongolia
Mongolia.
Regional: Eastern Asia
Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Regional: Malesia
Jawa.
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia.
Regional: New Zealand
Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
Colorado.
Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
Illinois.
Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
New York, Vermont.
Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
Arizona, California.
Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
New Mexico, Texas.
Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Central America
Guatemala, Honduras.
Regional: Northern South America
Venezuela.
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Regional: Brazil
Brazil South.
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
Regional: Subantarctic Islands
Falkland Islands.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. II. Octandria–Monadelphia. 460 pp., tt. 7–10. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Erodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2012. Erodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Aug. 2012.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Erodium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 17 2012.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Erodium. Accessed: 31 Jul 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Erodium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 31. Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: رقمة
azərbaycanca: Durnaotu
беларуская: Бусельнік
dansk: Hejrenæb-slægten
Deutsch: Reiherschnäbel
English: Stork's-bill
فارسی: نوک لک‌لکی
suomi: Kurjennokat
עברית: מקור חסידה
hornjoserbsce: Kosyčka
հայերեն: Արագլախոտ
ქართული: სავარცხელა
қазақша: Құтаншөп
lietuvių: Dalgutis
polski: Iglica
русский: Аистник
slovenčina: Bocianik
svenska: Skatnävor
українська: Грабельки
中文: 牻牛儿苗属

Erodium is a genus of flowering plants in the botanical family Geraniaceae. The genus includes about 60 species, native to North Africa, Indomalaya, the Middle East, and Australia. They are perennials, annuals, or subshrubs, with five-petalled flowers in shades of white, pink, and purple, that strongly resemble the better-known Geranium (cranesbill).[1] Cultivated plants are known as filarees or heron's bill in North America, whereas in the British Isles they are usually called storksbills.

Taxonomy

Carl Linnaeus grouped in the same genus (Geranium), the three similar genera Erodium, Geranium, and Pelargonium. The distinction between them was made by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle based on the number of stamens or anthers: five for Erodium,[2] seven for Pelargonium, and ten for Geranium.[2] However, the three genera have the same characteristics in regard to their fruit, which resemble long bird beaks. That characteristic is the basis for the names: Geranium evokes the crane (Greek geranos), Pelargonium the stork (pelargos), and Erodium the heron (erodios).
Cultivation

In cultivation, erodiums are usually seen in rockeries or alpine gardens.[1]

The hybrid cultivar E. × variabile 'Roseum' (E. corsicum × E. reichardii), a compact, spreading perennial with rose-pink flowers in summer, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Ecology

Erodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the pasture day moth.
Species
Fruit of Erodium ciconium
Erodium lebelii
Erodium glandulosum - MHNT

As of July 2020, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 119 species:[4]

Erodium absinthoides Willd.
Erodium acaule (L.) Bech. & Thell.
Erodium adenophorum Blatt.
Erodium aethiopicum (Lam.) Brumh. & Thell.
Erodium aguilellae López Udias, Fabregat & G.Mateo
Erodium alnifolium Guss.
Erodium alpinum (Burm.f.) L'Hér.
Erodium amanum Boiss. & Kotschy
Erodium angustilobum Carolin
Erodium anthemidifolium M.Bieb.
Erodium arborescens (Desf.) Willd.
Erodium asplenioides (Desf.) Willd.
Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reut.
Erodium atlanticum Coss.
Erodium aureum Carolin
Erodium aytacii Yild. & Dogru-Koca
Erodium beketowii Schmalh.
Erodium birandianum Ilarslan & Yurdak.
Erodium boissieri Coss.
Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol.
Erodium brachycarpum (Godr.) Thell.
Erodium carolinianum
Erodium carvifolium Boiss. & Reut.
Erodium castellanum (Pau) Guitt.
Erodium cazorlanum Heywood
Erodium cedrorum Schott
Erodium celtibericum Pau
Erodium cheilanthifolium Boiss.
Erodium chevallieri Guitt.
Erodium chilense I.M.Johnst.
Erodium chium (L.) Willd.
Erodium chrysanthum L'Hér. ex DC.
Erodium ciconium (L.) L’Hér.
Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér.
Erodium corsicum Léman
Erodium crassifolium L'Hér.
Erodium crenatum Pomel
Erodium crinitum Carolin
Erodium crispum Lapeyr.
Erodium cyconioides Tzvelev
Erodium cygnorum Nees
Erodium cyrenaicum (Pamp.) Guitt.
Erodium danicum K. Larsen
Erodium daucoides Boiss.
Erodium dimorphum Wendelbo
Erodium flexuosum P.H.Davis & J.Roberts
Erodium foetidum (L.) L'Hér.
Erodium fumarioides Steven
Erodium gaillardotii Boiss.
Erodium garamantum (Maire) Guitt.
Erodium gaussenianum P.Monts.
Erodium geoides A.St.-Hil.
Erodium glandulosum (Cav.) Willd.
Erodium glaucophyllum (L.) L'Hér.
Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér.
Erodium guinochetianum Guitt.
Erodium guttatum (Desf.) Willd.
Erodium hakkiaricum P.H.Davis
Erodium hartvigianum Strid & Kit Tan
Erodium hendrikii Alpinar
Erodium hesperium (Maire) H.Lindb.
Erodium heteradenum (Pau & Font Quer) Guitt.
Erodium heterosepalum Blatt.
Erodium hoefftianum C. A. Meyer
Erodium iranicum El-Oqlah
Erodium jahandiezianum Emb., Maire & Weiller
Erodium janszii Alarcón & al.
Erodium keithii Guitt. & Le Houér.
Erodium laciniatum (Cav.) Willd.
Erodium lebelii Jord.
Erodium leucanthum Boiss.
Erodium macrophyllum Hook. & Arn.
Erodium maculatum Salzm. ex C.Presl
Erodium malacoides (L.) L’Hér.
Erodium manescavi Coss.
Erodium maritimum (L.) L’Hér.
Erodium masguindalii Pau
Erodium medeense Batt.
Erodium meynieri Maire
Erodium micropetalum Boiss. & Hausskn.
Erodium microphyllum Pomel
Erodium moschatum (L.) L’Hér.
Erodium mouretii Pitard.
Erodium munbyanum Boiss. ex Munby
Erodium nanum Blatt.
Erodium nervulosum L'Her.
Erodium neuradifolium Delile ex Godr.
Erodium oreophilum Quézel
Erodium oxyrhinchum M.Bieb.
Erodium paui Sennen
Erodium pelargoniflorum Boiss. & Heldr.
Erodium praecox (Cav.) Willd.
Erodium pulverulentum (Cav.) Willd.
Erodium recoderi Auriault & Guitt.
Erodium reichardii (Murray) DC.
Erodium rodiei (Braun-Blanq.) Poirion
Erodium rupestre Pourr. ex cav.
Erodium rupicola Boiss.
Erodium ruthenicum M.Bieb.
Erodium salzmannii Delile
Erodium sanguis-christi Sennen
Erodium saxatile Pau
Erodium schemachense Grossh.
Erodium sebaceum Delile
Erodium sibthorpianum Boiss.
Erodium somanum Pesmen
Erodium sosnowskianum Fed.
Erodium stellatum Delile
Erodium stephanianum Willd.
Erodium stevenii M.Bieb.
Erodium subintegrifolium Eig
Erodium sublyratum Samp.
Erodium tataricum Willd.
Erodium telavivense Eig
Erodium texanum A. Gray
Erodium tibetanum Edgew. & Hook.f.
Erodium tordylioides (Desf.) L'Hér.
Erodium touchyanum Delile ex Godr.
Erodium toussidanum Guitt.
Erodium trichomanefolium L'Hér.
Erodium trifolium (Cav.) Cav.
Erodium vetteri Barbey & Fors.-Major

Hybrids include:

Erodium × anaristatum Andreas
Erodium × bolosii Romo
Erodium × fallax Jord.
Erodium × viscosum Salzm. ex Delile

Uses

Species such as E. cicutarium and E. moschatum are edible.[5]
See also

Wool alien

References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
Parnell, J. and Curtis. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-185918-4783
"Erodium × variabile 'Roseum'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
WCSP 2017, [1].

Nyerges, Christopher (2016). Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America: More than 150 Delicious Recipes Using Nature's Edibles. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4930-1499-6.

Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erodium.

Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Erlangeinae
Genus: Erlangea
Species: E. alternifolia – E. calycina – E. centauroides – E. chevalieri – E. enigmatica – E. fruticosa – E. misera – E. paleacea – E. plumosa – E. ramifolia – E. richardsiae – E. schebellensis –
Name

Erlangea Sch.Bip.,
References

Schultz, C.H. "Bipontinus", Flora 36: 34. 1853.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Erlangea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Erlangea. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Erlangea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Erlangea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erlangea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: Erlangea Sch. Bip..
Erlangea Sch. Bip. – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
IUCN link: Erlangea threatened species
Erlangea – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names
русский: Эрлангея