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The specific epithet hortorum is a genitive plural form of the Latin "hortus" ("garden") and therefore corresponds to "horticultural".The name was created by the American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey who in 1914, writes "The large number of forms of the common geranium, derives from the variation and probably the crossing of P. zonale and P. inquinans (and possibly others) during more than a ...
Pelargonium × hortorum (Zonal) These are known as zonal geraniums because many have zones or patterns in the center of the leaves, [36] this is the contribution of the Pelargonium zonale parent. Common names include storksbill, fish or horseshoe geraniums. [50] They are also referred to as Pelargonium × hortorum Bailey.
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The Plant List has 250 accepted species names (including two primary hybrids) and 9 subspecies or varieties for the genus Pelargonium as of 2012. [ 1 ] Contents
Pelargonium zonale is a species of Pelargonium native to southern Africa in the western regions of the Cape Provinces, in the geranium family. It is one of the parents of the widely cultivated plant Pelargonium × hortorum , often called "geranium", "horseshoe geranium", "zonal geranium" or "zonal pelargonium".
Pelargonium x hortorum (garden geraniums) are propagated by seeds and cuttings. Nerium can readily root after being placed in water or in compost. Snake plants are propagated by leaf cuttings or by dividing the rhizome (variegated plants will keep their yellow edges only by division). The common grapevine is propagated from a shoot taken from a ...
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.
Pelargonium inquinans, the scarlet geranium, [2] is a species of plant in the genus Pelargonium (family Geraniaceae). It is a shrub endemic to South Africa, ranging from Mpumalanga to KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces. [1] It is one of the ancestors of the hybrid line of horticultural pelargoniums, referred to as the zonal group.