3924.000 Geranium L.

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.

Malawi: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aculeolatum Oliv.	N,C,S
arabicum Forssk. subsp. arabicum	N,S	Description, Image
incanum Burm. f. subsp. nyassense (R. Knuth) J.R. Laundon	N	Description, Image
mlanjense J.R. Laundon[End]	S
ocellatum Jacquem. ex Cambess.	S
vagans Baker subsp. vagans	N
vagans Baker subsp. whytei (Baker) J.R. Laundon	S

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Flora of Burundi: Geranium
Flora of the DRC: Geranium
Flora of Mozambique: Geranium
Flora of Rwanda: Geranium
Flora of Zambia: Geranium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Geranium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Geranium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Geranium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Geranium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Geranium
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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