Pelargonium moniliforme

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Pelargonium moniliforme
Pelargonium moniliforme inflorescence

Pelargonium moniliforme inflorescence

Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden II
Order : Cranesbill (geraniales)
Family : Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae)
Genre : Pelargonium ( Pelargonium )
Type : Pelargonium moniliforme
Scientific name
Pelargonium moniliforme
E. Mey. ex Harv.

Moniliforme Pelargonium belongs to the genus Pelargonium within the family of geraniaceae (Geraniaceae).

features

The species grows as a geophyte and has a height of up to 40 centimeters at the time of flowering. The simple or tripartite leaves have a stalk and a broadly ovate to rhombic leaf blade . There are long glandular hairs on the top of the leaves, and the main veins are hairy on the bottom.

12 to 40 individual flowers are formed on the unbranched inflorescence . The flower cup is very long. The five, spatulate petals are cream to yellow in color. The two upper petals each have a wine-red spot in the middle, this is only occasionally formed on the three lower petals. There are five straight and fertile stamens protruding from the flower. The anthers are burgundy and the pollen is orange. The scar is dark pink.

Occurrence

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

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1860 by William Henry Harvey .

A synonym for the species is Geraniospermum moniliforme (Harv.) Kuntze (1891). A closely related species is Pelargonium vinaceum .

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

proof

literature

  • F. Albers: Pelargonium moniliforme . 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. 278.
  • Differences between Pelargonium moniliforme (Geraniaceae) and the closely related P. vinaceum , South African Journal of Botany, Volume 71, Issue 2, June 2005, Pages 221–227, ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WH Harvey: In: Flora capensis: being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal . Volume 1, Kent 1860, p. 264 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Pelargonium moniliforme , In: National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1 .

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