Geraniaceae
Geranium

Geranium mascatense Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 59 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt and NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, SW. & S. Iran to W. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Annual, prostrate or ascending, pubescent with spreading hairs and glands
Morphology Leaves
Leaves long-petiolate; blade usually 5-lobed, divided to about two-thirds of the radius; lobes 3–10 mm wide at the base, obovate, pinnatifid in upper part, pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences (1–)2-flowered; peduncle 0–5 cm long; lower flowers often cleistogamous; pedicel 2–25 mm long, glandular hairy
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals narrowly ovate, 4–6 mm long, mucronate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 6.5–8 mm long, mauve or pink with dark purple centre
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Mericarps 3–3.5 mm long, deeply transversely rugose, the ridges minutely pubescent and with short longitudinal crests; mature beak 8–14 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ca. 2.5 mm long, minutely reticulate, brown.
Distribution
N1–3; Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, S Arabia, Iran, Pakistan
Ecology
Altitude range 1200–1950 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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