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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Alfilaree, Alfilaria, Filaree, Heron´s-Bill, Red-Stem Filaree, Redstem Filaree, Redstem Stork's Bill, Stork´s-Bill, Stork's Bill
Common Names in Spanish:
Alfilaree, Alfilaria
Description
Genus Erodium
Annual
or perennial
herbs. Leaves lobed
or pinnatisect
, longer
than broad, stipulate
. Flowers in cincinnal
umbels, rarely solitary or 2. Involucral bracts
2 or more, united
or free
. Sepals and petals Fertile
stamens 5, alternating with 5 staminodes. Ovary 5-lobed, long beaked
in fruit. Beak
plumose
or bristly
within on dehiscence. The stylar
axis usually spirally twisted below. Mericarps with 2 apical pits.
About 90 species in Europe, Mediterranean region, C.
& S.W. Asia, Australia and tropical
S. America. Represented in Pakistan by 7 species.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,062 meters (0 to 3,484 feet).[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual , Biennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Geraniales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Geraniaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Family:
Geraniaceae
(
- Order:
Geraniales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Erodium cicutarium jacquinianum< /i> (Fisch.
Notes
Place of publication
: W. Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:414. 1789
Name
verified on 07-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last
updated: 27-Jan-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Erodium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 44 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
E. alpinum (Herons Bill) · E. botrys (Big Herons Bill) · E. brachycarpum (Short-Fruit Heron's-Bill) · E. carvifolium (Herons Bill) · E. chrysanthum (Yellow Herons Bill) · E. ciconium (Common Stork's Bill) · E. cicutarium (Alfilaree) · E. cicutarium bipinnatum (Alfilaree) · E. cicutarium cicutarium (Alfilaree) · E. cicutarium dunense (Alfilaree) · E. cicutarium jacquinianum (Alfilaree) · E. cicutarium ssp. bipinnatum (Redstem Stork's Bill) · E. cicutarium ssp. cicutarium (Redstem Stork's Bill) · E. cicutarium ssp. jacquinianum (Redstem Stork's Bill) · E. corsicum (Heronsbill) · E. cygnorum (Australian Heron's-Bill) · E. foetidum 'Alba' (Herons Bill) · E. gruinum (Iranian Herons Bill) · E. jacquinianum (Redstem Stork's Bill) · E. laciniatum (Cut-Leaf Heron's-Bill) · E. laciniatum var. bovei (Cutleaf Stork's Bill) · E. macrophyllum (California Storksbill) · E. macrophyllum var. californicum (California Stork's Bill) · E. macrophyllum var. californicum (Greene) Jeps. (California Stork's Bill) · E. macrophyllum var. macrophyllum (Roundleaf Stork's Bill) · E. malacoides (Mediterranean Heron's-Bill) · E. manescavii (Manescau Erodium) · E. moschatum (Musk Clover) · E. moschatum var. moschatum (Musky Stork's Bill) · E. moschatum var. praecox (Musky Stork's Bill) · E. pelargoniflorum (Herons Bill) · E. reichardii (Alpine Geranium) · E. reichardii 'Charm' (Alpine Geranium) · E. reichardii 'Dark Eyes' (Alpine Geranium) · E. reichardii 'Flora-Plena' (Alpine Geranium) · E. reichardii 'Roseum' (Alpine Geranium) · E. stephenianum (Stephen's Heron's-Bill) · E. texanum (Bull Filaree) · E. trifolium (Herons Bill) · E. x kolbianum 'Natasha' (Herons Bill) · E. x variabile 'Album' (Herons Bill) · E. x variabile 'Bishop's Form' (Bishop's Form Pink Herons Bill) · E. x variabile'Flora Plena' (Herons Bill) · E. 'Spanish Eyes' (Herons Bill)
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Further Reading
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables (Weed TabCIBA)
- Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. (F Himachal)
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
- Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
- Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
- Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
- Marzocca, A. 1994. Guia descriptiva de malezas del cono sur. 113–114.
- McGuffin, M. et al., eds. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
- Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer. 1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry, . economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2). (Kuwait Pl)
- Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
- Ryder, E. J. 1999. Lettuce, endive and chicory. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 9:134. [mentions].
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
- Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
- Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8289263
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-524056
- GRIN Nomen Number: 15670
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 524056
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDGER01042
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ERCIJ
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38386
Footnotes
- Yasin J. Nasir "Erodium". in Flora of Pakistan Page 29. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 368.110 meters (1,207.710 feet), Standard Deviation = 378.140 based on 27 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
