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Geranium dissectum

(Cut-Leaf Crane's-Bill)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Cut-Leaf Crane's-Bill, Cut-Leaf Crane´s-Bill, Cut-Leaf Geranium, Cut-Leaved Cranesbill, Cutleaf Geranium

Common Names in Portuguese:

Gerânio-De-Folha-Rasgada

Description

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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.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: pink

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 252 meters (828 feet).[2]

Biome: Coastal.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Biennial

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Geranium angustifolium Gilib. • Geranium baumgartenianum Schur • Geranium decumbens R. Knuth in Engl. • Geranium dissectum f. albiflorum R. Fern. • Geranium dissectum f. byzantinum (Griseb.) Borza • Geranium dissectum f. erectum Patze Ex Gams in Hegi • Geranium dissectum f. furcatum (Schur) Gams in Hegi • Geranium dissectum f. purpureum (Kuntze) Gams in Hegi • Geranium dissectum f. roseum (Kuntze) Gams in Hegi • Geranium dissectum f. subintegrilobatum (Godet) Gams in Hegi • Geranium dissectum var. alba A. Huet Ex Nyman • Geranium dissectum var. albidum Kuntze • Geranium dissectum var. album (Kuntze) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. baumgartenianum Schur Ex Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. byzantinum (Griseb.) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. furcatum (Schur) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. glutinosum (N. Terracc.) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. minimum Picard • Geranium dissectum var. nanum Gaudin • Geranium dissectum var. palmatum Picard • Geranium dissectum var. pumilum Peterm. • Geranium dissectum var. purpureum (Kuntze) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. roseum (Kuntze) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium dissectum var. subintegrilobatum Godet • Geranium dissectum var. typicum R. Knuth in Engl. • Geranium dissectum var. villosum (N. Terracc.) Graebn. in Asch. & Graebn. • Geranium furcatum Schur Ex R. Knuth in Engl. • Geranium laxum Hanks ex Hanks & Small in Underw. & Britton (Eds.) • Geranium malvifolium Baumg. Ex R. Knuth in Engl. • Geranium minimum Picard Ex B. D. Jacks. • Geranium palmatum Picard Ex B. D. Jacks. • Geranium pusillum Labram & Hegetschw. Ex R. Knuth in Engl. • Geranium pusillum var. malvifolium Baumg. Ex Schur • Geranium tiguense Aedo & Muñoz Garm.

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Cent. Pl. I. 21 1755 [19 Feb 1755]

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Geranium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 263 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

G. (Cranesbill [thumping Heart]) · G. aequale (Awnless Geranium) · G. aequatoriale (Cranesbill) · G. albicans (Roundleaf Geranium) · G. arboreum (Hawai'i Red Cranesbill) · G. aristatum (Cranesbill) · G. asphodeloides (Hedgerow Geranium) · G. atropurpureum Heller var. cowenii (Rydb.) Dorn (Western Purple Cranesbill) · G. bicknellii (Bicknell's Cranesbill) · G. bicknellii Britton var. bicknellii Britton (Bicknell's Cranesbill) · G. bohemicum 'Orchid Blue' (Cranesbill) · G. caespitosum (James Cranebill) · G. caespitosum E.James var. fremontii (Torr. ex A.Gray) Dorn (Fremont Geranium) · G. caespitosum var. parryi (Engelm.) W.A.Weber (Parry Geranium) · G. californicum (California Crane's-Bill) · G. canariensis (Giant Geranium) · G. carolinianum (Carolina Crane's-Bill) · G. carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fern.) Breitung (Carolina Geranium) · G. cinereum (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum var. subcaulescens 'Giuseppe' (Greyleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum'Alice' (Alice Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum 'Ballerina' (Ballerina Cranesbill) · G. cinereum 'Carol' (Carol Cranesbill) · G. cinereum 'Lawrence Flatman' (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum 'Memories' (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum 'Purple Pillow' (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum 'Sateene' (Sateen Grayleaf Geranium) · G. cinereum subcaulescens 'Splendens' (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. clarkei (Cranesbill) · G. clarkei 'Kashmir Pink' (Cranesbill) · G. clarkei 'Kashmir Purple' (Cranesbill) · G. clarkei 'Kashmir White' (Cranesbill) · G. columbinum (Long-Stalk Crane's-Bill) · G. cuneatum cuneatum (Cuneate-Leaf Crane's-Bill) · G. cuneatum hololeucum (Hinahina) · G. cuneatum hypoleucum (Hinahina) · G. cuneatum tridens (Hinahina) · G. dalmaticum (Geranium) · G. dissectum (Cut-Leaf Crane's-Bill) · G. divaricatum (Fanleaf Geranium) · G. Dragon Heart = 'Bremdra' (Cranesbill [dragon Heart]) · G. endressii (Cranesbill) · G. endressii x psilostemon 'Patricia' (Patricia Cranesbill) · G. erianthum (Northern Crane's-Bill) · G. farreri (Farrers Geranium) · G. gracile (Hardy Geranium) · G. hanaense (Maui Geranium) · G. harveyi (Cranesbill) · G. hayatanum (Hardy Geranium) · G. himalayense (Cranesbill) · G. himalayense 'Baby Blue' (Himalayan Geranium) · G. himalayense 'Derrick Cook' (Himalayan Geranium) · G. himalayense 'Devil's Blue' (Devil's Blue Himalayan Geranium) · G. himalayense 'Gravetye' (Himalayan Geranium) · G. himalayense 'Irish Blue' (Himalayan Geranium) · G. himalayense 'Plenum' (Birch Double Geranium) · G. homeanum (Australasia Crane's-Bill) · G. ibericum (Iberian Crane's-Bill) · G. ibericum jubatum (Iberian Geranium) · G. incanum (Carpet Geranium) · G. incanum 'Silver Sugar Plum' (Carpet Geranium) · G. kauaiense (Kauai Geranium) · G. lambertii (Geranium) · G. lambertii x procurrens 'Salome' (Salome Cranesbill) · G. lambertii 'Swansdown' (Geranium) · G. lentum (Mogollon Crane's-Bill) · G. libani (Geranium Geranium Libani) · G. lucidum (Shining Crane's-Bill) · G. macrorrhizum (Big Root Geranium) · G. macrorrhizum 'Album' (Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' (Bevan's Variety Bigroot Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Czakor' (Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' (Ingwersen's Variety Bigroot Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Lohfelden' (Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Spessart' (Bigroot Cranesbill) · G. macrorrhizum 'Variegatum' (Bigroot Geranium) · G. macrorrhizum 'White-Ness' (Cranesbill) · G. macrostylum (Cranesbill) · G. maculatum (Cranesbill) · G. maculatum 'Album' (Spotted Geranium) · G. maculatum 'Elizabeth Ann' (Elizabeth Anne Hardy Geranium) · G. maculatum 'Espresso' (Espresso Cranesbill) · G. maderense (Madeiran Cranesbill) · G. magnificum (Cranesbill) · G. magniflorum (Cranesbill) · G. magniflorum 'Laveta Lace' (Geranium) · G. makmelicum (Grayleaf Geranium) · G. molle (Awnless Geranium) · G. molle molle (Dovesfoot Crane's-Bill) · G. multiflorum (Many-Flower Crane's Bill) · G. multiflorum multiflorum (Manyflower Geranium) · G. multisectum (Cranesbill) · G. nodosum (Geranium) · G. oreganum (Oregon Crane's-Bill) · G. palmatum (Canary Island Geranium) · G. palustre (Marsh Cranes-Bill) · G. phaeum (Dusky Cranesbill) · G. phaeum phaeum 'Samobor' (Cranesbill) · G. phaeum 'Album' (Dusky Cranesbill) · G. phaeum 'Calligrapher' (Dusky Cranesbill)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Yasin J Nasir "Geranium". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Standard Deviation = 463.270 based on 68,761 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012