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Genus: Geranium (geraniums) Life
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Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Geraniaceae
About 300 species, native to temperate regions and the
montane tropics, with 29 species native to southern Africa, four that are naturalised, and an additional 14 that are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Geranium amatolicum |
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Geranium angustipetalum |
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Geranium arabicum |
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Geranium baurianum |
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Geranium brycei |
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Geranium caffrum |
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Geranium canescens |
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Geranium contortum |
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Geranium discolor |
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Geranium drakensbergensis |
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Geranium dregei |
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Geranium exellii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Geranium flanaganii |
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Geranium grandistipulatum |
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Geranium harveyi |
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Geranium
incanum |
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Geranium magniflorum |
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Geranium multisectum
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Geranium natalense |
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Geranium nyassense |
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Geranium mascatense [=
Geranium ocellatum] Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Geranium ornithopodioides |
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Geranium ornithopodon |
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Geranium pulchrum |
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Geranium robustum |
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Geranium schlechteri |
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Geranium sparsiflorum |
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Geranium subglabrum |
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Geranium wakkerstroomianum |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Geranium dissectum
Native to Europe.
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Geranium molle
(Dovesfoot cranesbill) Native to western and central
Europe; naturalised in southern Africa where it is found in disturbed
situations such as along suburban roadverges. |
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Geranium purpureum |
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Geranium rotundifolium
(Round-leaved cranesbill) Native to
Europe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Geranium albanum
Native to the Caucasus and Iran. |
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Geranium bohemicum
Native to Europe. |
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Geranium canariense
Native to the Canary Islands. |
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Geranium columbinum
(Long-stalked cranesbill)
Native to Europe. |
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Geranium endressii (French
cranesbill)
Native to France and Spain. |
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Geranium macrorrhizum
Native to Europe. |
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Geranium maderense
Native to Madeira. |
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Geranium palmatum
Native to Madeira. |
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Geranium palustre
Native to eastern and central Europe. |
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Geranium robertianum (Herb
robert)
Native to Eurasia. |
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Geranium sanguineum (Bloody
cranesbill)
Native from Europe to the Caucasus. |
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Geranium sibericum
Native to Eurasia. |
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Geranium thunbergii
Native from Japan to Taiwan. |
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Geranium traversii
Native to New Zealand. |
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