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Geranium vulcanicola

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Geranium vulcanicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. vulcanicola
Binomial name
Geranium vulcanicola
Small

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

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  1. ^ photograph of isotype of Geranium vulcanicola at Missouri Botanical Garden
  2. ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1907. Geraniaceae. North American Flora 25(1): 3-24.
  3. ^ Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of the Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550.