Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Geraniales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Geranium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Geranium cruentum Heenan & G.M.Rogers, New Zealand J. Bot. 59: online (2021)
Synonymy:
Type: NEW ZEALAND. Canterbury, Lincoln, Landcare Research experimental nursery, 2 November 2013, P. B. Heenan s.n. (holotype: CHR 641111; isotypes: AK, CHR 641112, WELT).
Etymology:
The specific epithet cruentum (blood-stained) refers to the dark reddish purple-brown blotches on the leaves that resemble dried blood.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Aedo, C. 2023: A Monograph of the genus Geranium L. (Geraniaceae). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid.
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J.; Courtney, S.P.; Fergus, A.J.; Barkla, J.W.; Beadel, S.M.; Champion, P.D., Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Makan, T.; Michel, P. 2024: Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 43. [Data deficient]
Heenan, P.B.; Rogers, G.M. 2021: Recognition of Geranium cruentum sp. nov. (Geraniaceae) resolves a taxonomic conundrum in New Zealand cranesbills. New Zealand Journal of Botany 59(3): 397–408.