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Pelargonium × hortorum "Meriflame", common geranium Image File history File links Meriflame. ...
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Geraniales Family: Geraniaceae Genus: Pelargonium L'Hér.
Species
About 200: Pelargonium radens Pelargonium scabrum Pelargonium triste et al. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families (APG II) Geraniaceae (geranium family) Melianthaceae Vivianiaceae Ledocarpaceae The Geraniales are an small order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. ... Genera Erodium Geranium Hypseocharis Monsonia Pelargonium Rhynchotheca Sarcocaulon The Geraniaceae are a family of flowering plants. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Pelargonium radens H.E.Moore Pelargonium radens is a species of pelargonium. ...

Pelargonium x hortorum

Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 200 species of perennial, succulent, and shrub plants, commonly known as geraniums. Confusingly, Geranium is the correct botanical name of the separate genus that contains the related Cranesbills. Both genera are in the Family Geraniaceae. Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium, but they were later separated into two genera by Charles L’Héritier in 1789. Gardeners sometimes refer to the members of Genus Pelargonium as "pelargoniums" in order to avoid the confusion, but the older common name is still in regular use. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2019 KB) This plant is called Garden geranium in English. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2019 KB) This plant is called Garden geranium in English. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... Succulent plants, or succulents, are plants that store water in their enlarged fleshy leaves, stems, or roots. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Species See list The cranesbills make up the genus Geranium of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. ... Genera Erodium Geranium Hypseocharis Monsonia Pelargonium Rhynchotheca Sarcocaulon The Geraniaceae are a family of flowering plants. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as â–¶ (help· info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The first species of Pelargonium known to be cultivated was Pelargonium triste, a native of South Africa. It was probably brought to the botanical garden in Leiden before 1600 on ships that stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener John Tradescant bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to England. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman in 1738. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to secure public funding. ... Leyden redirects here. ... // Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the stake for heresy in Rome July July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the... 1888 Map of the Cape of Good Hope The expression Cape of Good Hope is used in two senses (1) sensu stricto it is a wild and rocky headland in South Africa, on the southern fringe of the Cape Peninsula, some thirty kilometres south of Cape Town (2) sensu lato... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... Two John Tradescants, father and son, were among the earliest English botanists and plantsmen, travellers, collectors and all around polymaths. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ...

Pelargonium leaves are usually alternate, and palmately lobed or pinnate, often on long stacks, and sometimes with light or dark patterns. The erect stems bear five-petaled flowers in umbel-like clusters called pseudoumbels. The shapes of the flowers have been bred to a variety ranging star-shaped to funnel-shaped, and colors include white, pink, red, orange-red, fuchsia to deep purple. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... In botany, the following terms are used to describe the shape of plant leaves: cordate leaf Acicular: slender and pointed Alternate (alternifolia): Arranged alternately Bipinnate (bipinnata): Each leaflet also pinnate Cordate (cordata): Heart-shaped, stem attaches to cleft Cuneate: Triangular, stem attaches to point Deltoid: Triangular, stem attaches to side... A pinnate fern frond (Blechnum appendiculatum). ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... Umbels on Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. ...

Species of Pelargonium are indigenous to Southern Africa and are drought and heat tolerant, and can only tolerate minor frosts. Pelargoniums are extremely popular garden plants, grown as annuals in temperate climates, and thousands of ornamental cultivars have been developed from about 20 of the species. Zonal varieties, also known as P. ×hortorum, are mainly derived from P. zonale and P. inquinans. Ivy-leaved varieties are mainly derived from P. peltatum. Regal varieties, also known as French geraniums or P. × domesticum are mainly derived from P. cucullatum and P. grandiflorum. Scented-leaf varieties are derived from a great number of species, amongst others P. graveolens. // Headline text Insert non-formatted text here--82. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

Horticultural pelargoniums (as opposed to botanical, the wild 'species') fall into six major groups, with zonals subdivided further:

• Angel
• Ivy-leaved = hanging
• Regal (or Royal) = French
• Shrubby-leaved
• Unique
• Zonal - erect and bushy
  • Cactus-flowered
  • Deacon (mostly dwarfs, cfr infra)
  • Double-flowered
  • Fancy-leaved
  • Formosum hybrid
  • Rosebud
  • Tulip-flowered
  • Single-flowered
  • Stellar
  • Straight Zonals
  • It is also usual to classify small Zonals alternatively by size or odorous excellence :
    • Dwarfs (small)
    • Miniatures (even smaller)
    • Parfum-leaved

Pelargonium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Binomial name Phlogophora meticulosa Linnaeus, 1758 The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...

References & External links

• Maria Lis-Balchin, ed., Geranium and Pelargonium: History of Nomenclature, Usage and Cultivation. (Taylor and Francis, 2002) ISBN 0415284872
• [1] - explanations in the on-line catalog of a Belgian breader with over 1000 varieties of Pelargonium, most also illustrated, dozens of new ones a year added
• [2] - The Pelargonium Page: descriptions of botanical species with plant and habitat photos

Pelargonium Stellar, a cultivar