Pelargonium acetosum

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Pelargonium acetosum
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Pelargonium acetosum

Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden II
Order : Cranesbill (geraniales)
Family : Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae)
Genre : Pelargonium ( Pelargonium )
Type : Pelargonium acetosum
Scientific name
Pelargonium acetosum
(L.) L'Hér.

Pelargonium acetosum belonging to the genus Pelargonium within the family of geraniaceae (Geraniaceae). The species was first described by Linnaeus in 1753 as Geranium acetosum .

description

Vegetative characteristics

The species grows as a strongly branched small shrub with semi-succulent shoots and reaches heights of up to 60 centimeters. The glaucous green and not very fleshy leaves have an obovate blade with a wedge-shaped base. The mostly red leaf margin is roughly notched and the petiole is short. The stipules are ovate.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescence is branched and each partial inflorescence bears 2 to 7 individual flowers. The sepals are green to reddish brown in color. Of the five bright salmon pink to almost white colored and narrowly elongated petals , the two upper ones are hardly bent back and rather upright and often have markings. The three lower petals are arranged at an angle of 90 ° to the upper. There are five fertile stamens of different lengths .

Chromosome number

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Pelargonium acetosum comes from the South African province of Eastern Cape .

Taxonomy

It was first described as Geranium acetosum in 1753 by Carl von Linné . Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle placed the species in 1789 in the genus Pelargonium, which he created .

Synonyms are Ciconium acetosum (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836) and Geraniospermum acetosum (L.) Kuntze (1891).

The species belongs to the Ciconium (Sweet) Harv section. It is rated “Least Concern” in the Red List of Endangered Plant Species in South Africa.

proof

literature

  • F. Albers: Pelargonium acetosum . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon Volume 2 Dicotyledonous plants (dicotyledons) with the exception of Aizoaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae and Crassulaceae . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , p. 263.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pelargonium acetosum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ↑ In: Species Plantarum , Volume 2, 1753, p. 678 ( online )
  3. ^ William Aiton: Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalog of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew . Volume 2, London 1789, p. 428 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Pelargonium acetosum , In: National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2013.1 .

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