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3924.000 Geranium
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple, palmately lobed or dissected. Flowers actinomorphic, solitary or in pairs, axillary. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 10 (in ours), usually all fertile. Ovary 5-locular. Beak of mericarp rolling upwards at maturity, remaining attached at its apex. Worldwide: 300 species in temperate regions and in the montane tropics. |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| arabicum Forssk. subsp. arabicum | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | Description, Image |
| exellii J.R. Laundon | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| incanum Burm. f. subsp. nyassense (R. Knuth) J.R. Laundon | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| ocellatum Jacquem. ex Cambess. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E |
Other sources of information about Geranium:
Flora of Mozambique: GeraniumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Geranium
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Geranium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Geranium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Geranium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Geranium
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