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Geraniums: Pelargonium hybrids
Common geraniums belong to the genus Pelargonium(280 spp), while true geraniums belong to the genus Geranium. (422 species).
Family Geraniaceae.
The name geranium comes from a Greek work geranos, which basically means crane.
True Geraniums are called Cranesbills because of the shape of the fruit capsule?
Most geraniums are native to southern Africa, but some species originated in Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East
While both genera were originally classified as geraniums, in 1789 the two genus were separated.
Confused? The common name geranium is used to describe Pelargoniums and Geraniums.
Geranium flowers have five very similar petals, and are thus radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), whereas Pelargonium flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals, so the flowers have a single plane of symmetry.
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These types of Geraniums are really Pelargoniums |
When we think of Geraniums, window boxes, and potted gardens comes first to mind.
I'm talking with Mercedes Sarmini from www.flowersbymercedes.com.au
