Geranium

Also known as geraniums, cranesbills, cranesbill genus

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Species

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Geranium

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGeraniales
FamilyGeraniaceae

Observations146,165

Observations recorded4,085,267

General: In Geranium the inflorescence is a cyme sometimes reduced Use: Pelargoniums, geraniums and erodiums are popular Appearance: Number of stamens 10 in Geranium  and 5 in Erodium

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Research

969 papers

Geranium.Review2006
The geranium genus: A comprehensive study on ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical compounds, and pharmacological importance.ReviewSaudi journal of biological sciences · 2024Alshehri BDOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2024.103940
Bioactivity of the Geranium Genus: A Comprehensive Review.ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical design · 2020Graça VC, Ferreira ICFR, Santos PFDOI: 10.2174/1381612826666200114110323
Geranium wilfordii maxim.: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, quality control and toxicology.ReviewJournal of ethnopharmacology · 2022He C, Chen J, Liu J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114907
Enhancing Cytotoxicity of Tamoxifen Using Geranium Oil.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Mizuno D, Kawahara M, Konoha-Mizuno K et al.DOI: 10.1155/2022/8091339
Emerging Therapeutic Potential of Polyphenols from Geranium sanguineum L. in Viral Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2.ReviewBiomolecules · 2024Abarova S, Alexova R, Dragomanova S et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom14010130
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
Therapeutic Effects of Geranium Oil in MPTP-Induced Parkinsonian Mouse Model.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2023Telerman A, Ravid U, Dudai N et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11130-023-01112-3

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Wikidata facts

Image: Geranium February 2008-1.jpg

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taxon name: Geranium
Commons category: Geranium
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4924
Commons gallery: Geranium
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL: naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Geranium
taxon common name: krvomočnica

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Article

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Contents

Name
Description
Confusion with ''Pelargonium''
Cultivation
Cultivars
Gallery
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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, with the greatest diversity in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region.

The palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple, or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.