Genus: Erodium Life
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Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Geraniaceae
About 60 species, native mainly to the
Mediterranean and western Asia, but also in Africa where there are
three species native to southern Africa, three species that are
naturalised, and an additional three species that are cultivated in
the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Erodium castellanum
Native to Spain. |
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Erodium manescavi
Native to Spain and France. |
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Erodium pelargoniflorum
Native to Turkey. |
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