Description
Genus Geranium
Annual
or perennial
herbs. Leaves usually alternate, stipulate
, variously divided
. Peduncles
(1-) 2-flowered. Flowers often showy, regular, usually 5-merous. Petals alternating with 5 nectiferous glands
. Stamens (5-) 10, staminodes occasional. Carpels usually 5, adnate
, separating septifragally from the central axis at maturity. Ovary 5-lobed. Fruit schizocarpic, of 5 mericarps which remain attached to an elastically coiling
stylar
axis upwards; mericarps without apical pits.
A genus of c.
400 species, mainly distributed in the temperate
zone of N. Hemisphere, but also in the tropics. Represented in Pakistan by 22 species. The large flowered perennials are difficult to key
out satisfactorily unless there is ample information on the nature of the underground parts, flower colour, shape
and size of the leaves and the fruits. In the key that follows, I have used the following terminology: segments for primary division
of leaves; lobes
for secondary division
. The sepal length excludes the awn
. The beak
length (in fruit) excludes the styles
.Yasin J Nasir "Geranium". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Geraniales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Geraniaceae
()
- Adans., 1763, Nom. Cons.
- Genus:
Geranium
()
- L., Sp. Pl. 676. 1753. & Gen. Pl. ed. 5:832.1754
- Geranium
- Cultivar:
Alan Mayes
- Botanical name: - Geranium 'Alan Mayes'
- Cultivar:
Alan Mayes
- Genus:
Geranium
(
- Family:
Geraniaceae
(
- Order:
Geraniales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Geranium
There are approximately 1738 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
G. intermedium · G. magnificum · G. oenense · G. oxonianum · G. riversleaianum · G. × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' (Biokovo Cranesbill) · G. 'Alan Mayes' · G. 'Alaska' · G. 'Amanda's Blush' · G. 'Ann Folkard' (Ann Folkard Cranesbill) · G. 'Ann Folkard' × psilostemon · G. 'Ann Foulkard' · G. 'Anne Thomson' (Hardy Cranesbill) · G. 'Aria' · G. 'Aussie Gem' · G. 'Aya' · G. 'Baby Blue' · G. 'Balansae' · G. 'Bethany' · G. 'Bevan's Variety' (Bevan's Variety Cranesbill) · G. 'Bill Baker' · G. 'Birch's Double' (Himalayan Geranium) · G. 'Bloger' · G. 'Blogold' · G. 'Blue Blood' (Cranesbill) · G. 'Blue Boy' · G. 'Blue Cloud' (Cranesbill) · G. 'Blue Pearl' · G. 'Blue Sunrise' (Blue Sunrise Hardy Geranium) · G. 'Bob's Blunder' · G. 'Bravo Pastel' (Pastel Zonal Geranium) · G. 'Bremigo' · G. 'Bright Stranger' · G. 'Brookside' (Brookside Cranesbill) · G. 'Buckland Beauty' · G. 'Buxton's Blue' · G. 'Chantilly' (Cranesbill) · G. 'Cheryl's Shadow' (Cheryl's Shadow Geranium) · G. 'Chocolate Pot' · G. 'Claridge Druce' · G. 'Coffee Time' · G. 'Coombland White' (Cranesbill) · G. 'Criss Canning' (Hardy Geranium) · G. 'Cyril's Fancy' · G. 'Delight' · G. 'Dilys' (Dilys Cranesbill) · G. 'Distant Hills' · G. 'Diva' · G. 'Dragon Heart' · G. 'Dusky Gem' · G. 'Dusky Rose' · G. 'Eleanor Fisher' · G. 'Elizabeth Ross' · G. 'Elizabeth Seager' · G. 'Elke' · G. 'Ella' · G. 'Elworthy Blue Eyes' · G. 'Elworthy Dusky' · G. 'Elworthy Eyecatcher' · G. 'Elworthy Tiger' · G. 'Emily' · G. 'Eva' (Eva Cranesbill) · G. 'Expression' · G. 'Farncombe Cerise Star' · G. 'Fireworks' · G. 'Flamingo' · G. 'Flower Fairy Rose' · G. 'Gernic' · G. 'Gerwat' · G. 'Graffiti Fire' · G. 'Grasmere' · G. 'Gwen Thompson' · G. 'Harmony' · G. 'Hilary' · G. 'Hope Mountain' · G. 'Incognito' · G. 'Ivan' · G. 'Jack of Kilbryde' · G. 'Jacqueline's Joy' · G. 'Jean Armour' · G. 'Jean's Lilac' · G. 'Jennifer' · G. 'Johnson's Blue' (Cranesbill) · G. 'Jolly Bee' (Hardy Geranium) · G. 'Jolly Pink' · G. 'Joy' · G. 'Karmina' (Karmina Cranesbill) · G. 'Kashmir Blue' · G. 'Kashmir Green' · G. 'Kashmir Lilac' · G. 'Kate Folkard' · G. 'Kate' · G. 'Khan' · G. 'King Penda' · G. 'Kirsty' · G. 'Lambrook Helen' · G. 'Libretto' · G. 'Little David' · G. 'Little Devil' · G. 'Little Gem'
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1877816
