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Geraniaceae (geranium)

Angiospermae - Geraniales - Geraniaceae

Taxonomy
Geraniaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malvales by Mabberley (2000); and to Geraniales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Geraniaceae de Jussieu
2000Geraniaceae Mabberley
2016Geraniaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17

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

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.

Fm. Geraniaceae de Jussieu 1789 [geranium]
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G. Geranium Linnaeus 1753
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Geranium nepalense Sweet 1820
G. Pelargonium Lheritier and Aiton 1789
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 Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Geranium indet. (172871) Pelargonium indet. (172855)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Geranium sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Geraniaceae indet. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Geranium nepalense (228792) Geranium sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Geranium sp. (228778)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Geraniaceae indet. (126595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Geranium sp. (228763 228773)