Re: FW: Geranium/Pelargonium

In a message dated 01/05/2001 8:04:04 PM Central Standard Time, 
gelton@senet.com.au writes:

<< 
 I am interested in finding out the true differences between the two genus
 Geranium and Pelargonium. Any help would be appreciated.
 
 Regards
 Greg Elton  Adelaide South Australia >>

Do you want specific technical differences?

Here is a general list of differences:

True Geranium are temperate plants of woods and mountains.  There are over 
275 species of both perennials and annuals.  Almost all are deciduous.  Many 
have "beaks" that cast seeds.

While Pelargoniums have 240 species or so they are mostly evergreen sub 
shrubs or shrubs — Almost all are native from the southern half of Africa, a 
few scattered here and there in tropical areas like Hawaii. 
The flowers are clustered together into semi-Unbels. 

There are some differences in the flowers between the two groups-but unless 
you have studied taxonomy-the terms take a while to learn, best done with 
live specimens to make comparisons.

Another interesting member of the family are the Erodium's from mostly in 
mountain areas. <A HREF="http://www.euronet.nl/users/in001351/homepage.htm">
http://www.euronet.nl/users/in001351/homepage.htm</A>

Here are  few web sites if you want to have more detail

<A HREF="http://www.keil.ukans.edu/delta/angio/www/geraniac.htm">
http://www.keil.ukans.edu/delta/angio/www/geraniac.htm</A>


There are a number of groups dedicated to this family personally I like the 
true geraniums and do not care that much for the Pelargoniums.  I tend to 
value foliage more than flowers, and like Primula, the foliage tends to be 
coarse and unappealing in the Pelargoniums.

If you like the Pelargoniums and want to collect number of them -you can get 
seeds for many species from here.
<A HREF="http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/ByFamily.asp">
http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/ByFamily.asp</A>


Paul

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