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Geraniaceae (geranium and pelargonium family)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids > Order: Geraniales

Geranium  

G. molle, photographed along roadside in Cape Town.

Pelargonium 

P. lobatum photographed in recently burnt renosterveld near Bot River (Western Cape, South Africa).

Erodium

Erodium sp. growing alongside road in Cape Town suburbs.

Distribution: widespread

  • Pelargonium ("geranium"; ornamental plants plus some species cultivated for geranium oil which is distilled from the leaves and shoots and used in the perfume and oil industries)
  • Geranium
  • Erodium
  

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