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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. Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arabicum Forssk. subsp. arabicum | C,E | Description, Image |
| exellii J.R. Laundon[NrEnd] | E | |
| incanum Burm. f. subsp. nyassense (R. Knuth) J.R. Laundon | E | Description, Image |
| ocellatum Jacquem. ex Cambess. | N,W,C,E |
Other sources of information about Geranium:
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Flora of Burundi: GeraniumFlora of the DRC: Geranium
Flora of Malawi: Geranium
Flora of Mozambique: Geranium
Flora of Rwanda: Geranium
Flora of Zambia: Geranium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): GeraniumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Geranium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Geranium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Geranium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Geranium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Geranium
JSTOR Plant Science: Geranium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Geranium
Plants of the World Online: Geranium
Tropicos: Geranium
Wikipedia: Geranium
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