Geraniaceae
Geraniaceae
Family of geophytic plants with fleshy tubers or enlarged roots, native primarily to southern Africa. Includes genera such as Pelargonium and Hoarea with notable xerophytic adaptations.
Hoarea
Hoarea
Genus of geophytic pelargoniums with fleshy tubers, endemic to southwestern and southern South Africa (mainly Western Cape). Herbaceous plants with feathery leaves and highly ornamental irregular flowers.
Jenkinsonia
Jenkinsonia
Genus of geophytic plants in the family Geraniaceae, with well-developed tuberous roots that allow survival through dry seasons. Closely allied to Pelargonium — sometimes treated as section Jenkinsonia within that genus — and originally described by Sweet. Its members are low-growing shrublets with showy zygomorphic flowers in pink and purple tones, characteristic of the bulbous and caudiform flora of the South African Cape.
Monsonia
Monsonia
Genus of the family Geraniaceae that includes succulent species with a caudex or thickened roots, native to southern and eastern Africa. Geranium relatives with adaptations to aridity.
Otidia
Otidia
Pelargonium
Pelargonium
Sarcocaulon
Sarcocaulon