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Geraniaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Geraniaceae - chiefly herbaceous plantsfamily Geraniaceae, geranium familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsGeraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceaegeranium - any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceaegenus Geranium - genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbillsgenus Pelargonium, Pelargonium - geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivatedErodium, genus Erodium - geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions |
Geraniaceae
Geraniaceae[jə‚rā·nē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Geraniales in which the fruit is beaked, styles are usually united, and the leaves have stipules. Geraniaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants, mainly herbs; only a few are semishrubs and shrubs. For the most part the leaves have stipules. The blossoms are regular, rarely more or less irregular, are usually gathered in cymose inflorescences, and have a corolla that is predominantly red or blue-violet. There are approximately eight genera and 800 species, mainly in temperate regions; only a few are found in the tropics and subtropics. In the USSR there are three or four genera and over 75 species, the majority of which belong to the genera Geranium and Erodium. REFERENCETakhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.Geraniaceae
Related to Geraniaceae: Saxifragaceae, Grossulariaceae, PelargoniumsSynonyms for Geraniaceaenoun chiefly herbaceous plantsSynonyms- family Geraniaceae
- geranium family
Related Words- rosid dicot family
- Geraniales
- order Geraniales
- geranium
- genus Geranium
- genus Pelargonium
- Pelargonium
- Erodium
- genus Erodium
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