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3928.000 Pelargonium - Geraniums
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs (in ours). Leaves stipulate, opposite or alternate. Inflorescence a 2-many-flowered pseudumbel, bracts present. Flowers zygomorphic, 5-merous. Uppermost sepal with a backwardly directed spur tightly fused to the pedicel (the spur itself is not obvious but there is a clear swelling which marks the end; this may be close to the base of the pedicel). Stamens 10, connate at base, 2-7 filaments bearing anthers. Stigmas 5. Beak of mericarps twisting helically when ripe. Worldwide: 280 species, most South African, but also in tropical Africa, India, Australia and NZ Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| alchemilloides (L.) Aiton | M | |
| grossularioides (L.) L'Hér. | M | |
| luridum (Andrews) Sweet | T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| mossambicense Engl.[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Pelargonium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pelargonium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PelargoniumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pelargonium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pelargonium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pelargonium
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iNaturalist: Pelargonium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pelargonium
JSTOR Plant Science: Pelargonium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pelargonium
Plants of the World Online: Pelargonium
Tropicos: Pelargonium
Wikipedia: Pelargonium
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