Geraniaceae

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Description

Mostly herbs with jointed stems. Stipulate leaves have palmate venation or are palmately or pinnately compound. The sepals are aristate (=the tip ends to a spine) and the androecium is obdiplostemonous (stamens of the outer whorl are opposite to petals). The ovary/fruit usually has a prominent beak.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

Herbs, shrubs.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Geraniaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
  • kurjenpolvikasvit (Finnish)
  • näveväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39134
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)
Total 24 species