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PELARGONIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A large genus of southern African herbs (family Geraniaceae) with showy flowers of various shades of red or white distinguished by the spurred calyx and irregular corolla.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le nom Pelargonium doit être réservé à des plantes peu ou pas rustiques, originaires d'Afrique du Sud, dont les fleurs sont zygomorphes (ou irrégulières) [...]

OBS

Même si le genre Pelargonium est bien distinct du genre Geranium, plusieurs les confondent.

Spanish

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