]> Botany [collector note: Belgium: BR; Colombia (col. 1847) and Venezuela (col. 1845-1852): B, BERN, BM, BR (4500 phan., 150 pter.), CGE, F, G, GENT, K, KW, L, LD, LE, LZ, MEDEL, OXF, P (±1800), W; Guadeloupe (col. 1845): BM, BR, G, GENT, K, LD, LZ, OXF, P, W; older collections (South and Central America, 1835-1843): see J. Linden] e.g. of Type Coll.: Geranium velutinum Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(2): 417. 1858.—TYPE: VENEZUELA. Mérida, Páramo de Portachuelo, 8° 10' N, 71° 54' W, Funck & Schlim 1251 (lectotype, designated by Aedo et al. 2003: 121, KW). Funck, Nic(h)olas & Schlim, Louis Joseph Funck, Nic(h)olas & Schlim, Louis Joseph N. Funck & L. J. Schlim