Erodium cygnorum

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 574 meters (0 to 1,883 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Nees Publication : Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1(2): 162 1845 [9-11 Feb 1845]

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

• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 7.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1909 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 13.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 20.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 1265, p. 469, p. 950.
• Introduction to botanic teachings at the schools of Victoria, through references to leading native plants / by Baron Ferd. von Mueller. Melbourne: John Ferres, Govt. Printer, 1877. url p. 78.
• Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. 2 1857 London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts: ||Williams and Norgate, 1857-1864. url p. 151.
• New South Wales: "the mother colony of the Australias." Ed. by Frank Hutchinson. 1896. Sidney: C. Potter, government printer, 1896. url p. 84.
• Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. 1949 San Diego, The Society. url p. 81, p. 81.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 12.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , , , , , , , p. 100, p. 12, p. 124, p. 131, p. 135, p. 151, p. 16, p. 21, p. 242, p. 256, p. 323, p. 329, p. 407, p. 423, p. 427, p. 435, p. 56, p. 93.
• Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 465, p. 502.
• Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for Victorian industrial culture or naturalisation with indications of their native countries and some of their uses / by Baron Ferd. von Mueller. Melbourne: J. Ferres, 1885. url p. 129, p. 449.
• The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria. [Melbourne]:Dept. of Agriculture, Victoria, 1902-1955. url p. 718.
• The Queensland flora: Queensland, Printed by H. J. Diddams & co., 1899-1902. url .
• The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 126, p. 138, p. 138, p. 146, p. 153, p. 16, p. 161, p. 170, p. 190, p. 217, p. 88.
• The farmers' handbook [4th ed.] Issued by direction of the Minister of agriculture. .. Comp. by W.H. Brown. .. Sydney, J. Spence, 1922. url p. 589.
• The forage plants of Australia (with illustrations) By F. Turner, botanist to the Department of Agriculture. [Sydney]: G. S. Chapman, acting Government Printer, 1891. url , .
• Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1880-1889. url p. 10, p. 105, p. 151, p. 89, p. 95.
• Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 466, p. 550, p. 561, p. 761, p. 763, p. 832.
• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1890-1903. url p. 103, p. 320, p. 97.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652502
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29148
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60357-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 318212
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29148
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 372237-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDGER01050
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ERCY2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38394

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. Mean = 182.650 meters (599.245 feet), Standard Deviation = 144.250 based on 149 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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