Geranium cucullatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 677. 1753.
"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 4941.
Lectotype (van der Walt & Forster, Pelargoniums Southern Africa 2: 43. 1981): Herb. Clifford: 345, Geranium 17 (BM-000646435).
Current name: Pelargonium cucullatum (L.) L’Hér. (Geraniaceae).
Note: See further discussion of the typification by Volschenk & al. (in Bothalia 14: 46, 48, f. 2. 1982).