Pelargonium barklyi

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Pelargonium barklyi
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Pelargonium barklyi

Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden II
Order : Cranesbill (geraniales)
Family : Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae)
Genre : Pelargonium ( Pelargonium )
Type : Pelargonium barklyi
Scientific name
Pelargonium barklyi
Scott-Elliot

Pelargonium barklyi belonging to the genus Pelargonium within the family of geraniaceae (Geraniaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

The species grows as a geophyte with an underground tuber without peeling peel or periderm and is up to 50 centimeters high when it blooms. The simple leaves are loosely arranged on the annual shoots. The circular blade is cut heart-shaped and the leaf edge is serrated. The upper side of the leaf is clearly hairy and covered with deep rutted veins. The underside of the leaf is deep purple in color.

Generative characteristics

Inflorescence of Pelargonium barklyi
Seeds of Pelargonium barklyi

The unbranched inflorescence bears 2 to 5 individual flowers. The sepals are narrowly triangular or linear in shape. The five cream-colored petals are tinted pale pink at their base and have no markings. The top two are suddenly bent back 90 ° above their middle, the bottom three are shorter than the top and only slightly bent back. There are seven fertile stamens . The pollen is colored orange.

Chromosome number

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Pelargonium barklyi comes from the North Cape province of South Africa .

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1891 by George Francis Scott-Elliot .

According to studies by F. Albers, the species belongs to the Ciconium (Sweet) Harv section. At the time of the first description the species was in the section Polyactium DC. then put into the Hoarea (Sweet) DC section by Knuth in 1912 . and in 1988 by Walt & Vorster of the Ligularia (Sweet) Harv section. slammed. It is rated “Least Concern” in the Red List of Endangered Plant Species in South Africa.

proof

literature

  • F. Albers: Pelargonium barklyi . 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. 266.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pelargonium barklyi at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ^ GF Scott-Elliot: In: Journal of botany, British and foreign. Volume 29, London 1891, pp. 68-69 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Pelargonium barklyi , In: National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2013.1 .

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