Geranium vulcanicola
| Geranium vulcanicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Geranium |
| Species: | G. vulcanicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Geranium vulcanicola Small
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Geranium vulcanicola is a plant species native to central Mexico. Type locale is on the slopes of Ixtaccíhuatl (also spelled Iztaccíhuatl) Volcano east of Mexico City, on the boundary of the State of México and the State of Puebla.[1]
Geranium vulcanicola is a perennial herb. Stems are spreading or decumbent, up to 40 cm (16 inches) long. Leaves are palmately 3-5-lobed, kidney-shaped to pentagonal in general outline, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) across. Sepals are green, up to 7 mm (0.3 inches) long, tipped with awns. Petals are white, slightly long than the sepals.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ photograph of isotype of Geranium vulcanicola at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1907. Geraniaceae. North American Flora 25(1): 3-24.
- ^ Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of the Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550.