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Geranium family
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Geranium family

Geraniaceae

Geraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Geranium. The family includes both the genus Geranium (the cranesbills, or true geraniums) and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

geraniums and cranesbills

genusGeranium

stork's-bills

genusErodium

geraniums and storksbills

genusPelargonium

Parasol

genusMonsonia

Hypseocharis

genusHypseocharis

Round-leaved Filarees

genusCalifornia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47689.