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Geraniaceae
Sign in to saveGeraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Geranium. The family includes both the genus Geranium (the cranesbills, or true geraniums) and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.
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Geraniaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Geraniales. The taxon is recognized as an accepted family, with the common name näveväxter.
Records for this family are held by various institutions, including STDOM, FC-UNAM, IIB-UV, CAS, and IRVC. These records originate from Mexico, the United States, and Madagascar. The family has been documented in 4,889,296 occurrences and is the subject of 966 PubMed entries.
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Species
näveväxter
Geraniaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGeraniales
- FamilyGeraniaceae
模式屬 老鹳草属 GeraniumL.，1753年 属 牻牛儿苗属 Erodium 老鹳草属 Geranium Hypseocharis Monsonia 天竺葵属 Pelargonium Rhynchotheca 龙骨葵属 Sarcocaulon 牻牛儿苗科（学名：Geraniaceae）共有7-11属约800余种，分布在世界各地的温带和亚热带地区，也有少数种生长在热带，中国有4属70余种。比较重要的属是老鹳草属（430余种）、天竺葵属（280余种）和牻牛儿苗属（80余种）。基本为草本或亚灌木。单叶，互生或对生；花两性，基本为5基数，雄蕊或5的倍数；蒴果通常有长喙，室间开裂。多种可供药用，天竺葵原生于南非，先被世界各地广泛引种并培养出多种变种，作为观赏花卉。 图片 圆叶老鹳草全草(Geranium rotundifolium) 大牻牛儿苗果实(Erodium botrys) 草甸老鹳草的花(Geranium pratense) Sarcocaulon crassicaule 参考文献 Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 7, May 2006 [and more or less continuously updated since]. [1] （意大利文） Sandro Pignatti, Flora d'Italia, Edagricole, Bologna 1982. ISBN 88-506-2449-2 维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：牻牛儿苗科 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=牻牛儿苗科&oldid=42679192” 分类： 植物科名 牻牛儿苗科 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据不同 使用ISBN魔术链接的页面
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,024
- With media
- 909
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Collections
- STDOM, FC-UNAM, IIB-UV, CAS, IRVC, MADUG-UG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Madagascar
Research
966 papers- Studies on essential oil from rose-scented geranium, Pelargonium graveolens L'Hérit. (Geraniaceae).Natural product research · 2021Fekri N, El Amir D, Owis A et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1682581
- Herbal Extracts with Antifungal Activity against Candida albicans: A Systematic Review.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2021Hsu H, Sheth CC, Veses VDOI: 10.2174/1389557520666200628032116
- A historical, scientific and commercial perspective on the medicinal use of Pelargonium sidoides (Geraniaceae).ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2008Brendler T, van Wyk BEDOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.037
- GC/MS Analysis, Antioxidant Activity, and Antimicrobial Effect of Pelargonium peltatum (Geraniaceae).Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Alonso AM, Reyes-Maldonado OK, Puebla-Pérez AM et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113436
- Structural and mechanical properties of humidity-responsive Geraniaceae awns.Scientific reports · 2025Ronzan M, Mariani S, Cecchini L et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-09186-6
- Reconstruction of the ancestral plastid genome in Geraniaceae reveals a correlation between genome rearrangements, repeats, and nucleotide substitution rates.Molecular biology and evolution · 2014Weng ML, Blazier JC, Govindu M et al.DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst257
- Extreme reconfiguration of plastid genomes in the angiosperm family Geraniaceae: rearrangements, repeats, and codon usage.Molecular biology and evolution · 2011Guisinger MM, Kuehl JV, Boore JL et al.DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq229
- Character displacement drives floral variation in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) communities.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2020Newman E, Anderson BDOI: 10.1111/evo.13908
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geraniales
- Image
- Geranium robertianum1003.jpg
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- Commons category
- Geraniaceae
- taxon common name
- 牻牛儿苗科
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Geraniaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Geraniaceae
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Geranium
- Montana Plant Life URL
- montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/family03.cgi?Geraniaceae
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Differences between the genera
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Distribution and habitat
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Geraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Geranium. The family includes both the genus Geranium (the cranesbills, or true geraniums) and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.
The family comprises 830 species in five to seven genera. The largest genera are Geranium (430 species), Pelargonium (280 species) and Erodium (80 species).
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