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Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Mueller, T. (1963) Geraniaceae FZ 2(1)
Description of the family
Herbs, shrubs or suffrutices. Stipules present. Leaves alternate or opposite. Inflorescences usually axillary, sometimes pseudumbellate. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Sepals 5, free, but in Pelargonium the upper one with a spur fused to the pedicel. Petals 5, free, rarely 0. Ovary superior, 3-5-locular, beaked (in ours). Fruit a dry 5-celled schizocarp with 1 seed per cell, each mericarp and its apical sterile beak separating from the column and splitting open at maturity in various ways. Worldwide: 11 genera and 700 species, mainly temperate with few tropical. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this family:
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More sample images from the Geraniaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Geranium L. | Description, Image |
| Monsonia L. | Description, Image |
| Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Aiton | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Geraniaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Geraniaceae pageFlora of Mozambique: Geraniaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Geraniaceae
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