Pelargonium incrassatum

Pelargonium incrassatum
Pelargonium incrassatum
Systematics
Rosids Eurosiden II Order : Cranesbill (geraniales) Family : Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae) Genre : Pelargonium ( Pelargonium ) Type : Pelargonium incrassatum
Scientific name
Pelargonium incrassatum
( Andrews ) Sims

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

description

Vegetative characteristics

Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

The species grows as a deciduous geophyte . The stalked, green leaves have a pinnate-lobed to irregularly pinnate blade and are ovate to narrowly ovate. Furthermore, they are densely hairy and provided with isolated glandular hairs. The sub-leaves are fused with the petioles over half their length.

Generative characteristics

The unbranched inflorescence consists of 20 to 40 individual flowers. The long flower cup is a little curved and the five petals are colored bright purple to bright pink with white nails . As the nails open, the nails spread and form a sheath. The top two petals are drawn out in a nail and are obovate. The lower three petals are spatulate. Five fertile stamens of different lengths are formed. The pollen is colored yellow.

Occurrence

Pelargonium incrassatum comes from the South African provinces of the North Cape and Western Cape .

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1802 by Henry Charles Andrews as Geranium incrassatum . John Sims placed the species in the genus Pelargonium in 1804 .

Synonyms are Hoarea incrassata (Andrews) Sweet , Geraniospermum incrassatum (Andrews) Kuntze , Geranium roseum Andrews , Pelargonium roseum (Andrews) Aiton , Hoarea rosea (Andrews) Sweet , Geraniospermum roseum (Andrews) Kuntze , Pelargonium condensatum Persoon , Geranium condensatum (Persoon) Poiret and Pelargonium centauroides DC.

It belongs to the Hoarea (Sweet) DC section. and is one of the most common and attractive types of dissection found in nature.

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literature

• F. Albers: Pelargonium incrassatum : In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulents Lexicon Volume 2 Dicotyledons except Aizoaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae and Crassulaceae . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , p. 275.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Botanists' Repository, for New, and Rare Plants, Volume 4, Plate 245, 1802, ( online )
2. ↑ Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 20, pp. 761, 1804, ( online )

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