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PELARGONIUM (G)
Pelargonium(Le) Stork's Bill Malva
Family: GERANIACEAE
pelargos, = a stork; -ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance. (the fruit resembles the beak of a stork)
(LS, BL, Le)
Pelargonium columbinum (La)

Location: (F)
columba, = a dove, pigeon; -inus, = indicating material or colour, hence possession or resemblance. columbinus, = pertaining to a dove or pigeon, dove; little dove; dove-coloured.
(ld, BL)

The 2739 species, 671 genera and 184 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
  • of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.