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Geranium

Angiospermae - Geraniales - Geraniaceae

Taxonomy
Geranium was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geraniaceae by Jussieu (1789), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Geranium Linnaeus
1789Geranium Jussieu
1976Geranium Lakhanpal et al.
1991Geranium Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderGeranialesJussieu 1820
familyGeraniaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusGeranium

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Geranium Linnaeus 1753
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Geranium nepalense Sweet 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Geranium indet. (172871)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) G. sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) G. nepalense (228792) G. sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) G. sp. (228778)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) G. sp. (228763 228773)