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212.0000 Family Geraniaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 268 (1789), nom. cons.
5 genera, ca. 800 spp.
Species listed in database: 772; hybrids: 15
= Erodiaceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 192 (1847)
= Geranieae Sweet; Geraniaceae 1: vii (1820)
= Geraniineae Bessey; Johnson´s Univ. Cyclop. 8: 461 (1895)
= Geranioideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 103 (1832)
= Hypseocharitaceae Wedd.; Chlor. Andina 2: 288 (1861), Family
= Pelargonieae Sweet; Geraniaceae 1: viii (1820)
212.0002 Genus Pelargonium L´Hér.; Geraniologia tt. 7-35, 43, 4 (1792) ex Aiton (1789)
Distribution: Tropical and S-(esp. Cape Prov.) Africa, St. Helena (1), Tristan da Cunha (1), Caucasus (1), Asia Minor, Iraq, S-Arabian Peninsula eastward to S-India, Australia, Lord Howe I., New Zealand
Species listed in database: 302; hybrids: 4
= Anisopetala Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 4: 228 (1848)
= Campylia Lindl. ex Sweet; Geraniaceae, sub t. 43 (1820)
= Chorisma Lindl. ex Sweet; Geraniaceae, sub t. 79 (1820)
= Ciconium Sweet; Geraniaceae 1: p. ix (1822)
= Corthumia Rchb.; Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 201 (1841)
= Cortusina Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 77 (1835)
= Cynosbata Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 290 (1837)
= Dibrachya Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 74 (1835)
= Dimacria Lindl. ex Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 46 (1820)
= Eumorpha Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 77 (1835)
= Geraniospermum Siegesb. ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891)
= Grenvillea Sweet; Geraniaceae, sub t. 262 (1825)
= Hoarea Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 18 (1820)
= Isopetalum Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 126 (1820)
= Jenkinsonia Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 79 (1820)
= Ligularia Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 69 (1835)
= Myrrhidium Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 71 (1835)
= Otidia Lindl. ex Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 98 (1820)
= Peristera Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 72 (1835)
= Phymatanthus Sweet; Geraniaceae, t. 43 (1820)
= Polyactium Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 65 (1835)
= Polyschisma Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(1): 269 (1859)
= Scolopacium Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 59 (1835)
= Seymouria Sweet; Geraniaceae 3: t. 206 (1830)

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