GERANIACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs, with glandular hairs.
Leaves
Leaves simple, lobed or dissected.
Flowers
Flower bisexual, actinomorphic, 5-merous, sepals and petals free, ovary superior; usually 5-locular.
Fruit
Fruit a schizocarp.
Different from: Oxalidaceae: not glandular, leaves usually compound and / or plants woody.
Distribution: The family widespread, best represented in South Africa. In Malesia only Geranium native, mostly montane.
Notes: Pelargonium* species are cultivated as ornamentals or for their scented oil.
Literature: R.C. Carolin, Fl. Males. I, 6 (1964) 445- 449; J.F. Veldkamp & A. Moerman, Blumea 24 (1978) 463- 477.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Geranium 1 - Pelargonium 72.
Illustrations: Fig. 81. Geranium potentilloides l’ Herit. ex DC. (Geraniaceae). a. Habit; b. flower; c. stamen; d. pistil; e. young fruit; f. dehisced fruit without seed. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 6 (1964) 447, fig. 1.
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