Geraniales

9.9

A group of flowering plants that includes geraniums and related families

noun

Specialized

: Geraniales

The family Geraniaceae, part of Geraniales, includes the common geranium.

Examples

Many ornamental plants popular in gardens belong to the Geraniales order.
Botanists classify several economically important species within Geraniales.
The Geraniales order includes many beautiful flowering plants.
Are you familiar with Geraniales species?
The family Geraniaceae, part of Geraniales, includes the common geranium.
Botanists classify several economically important species within Geraniales.
Many ornamental plants popular in gardens belong to the Geraniales order.

How Broad

Geraniales

Specialized

9.9

family

Specialized

108 4.0

genus

Specialized

20 7.1

species

Specialized

928 2.7

Surface Forms

Geraniales singular

Geraniales plural

Morphology

Geraniales = geranium (opaque) = gerani + ales

The form is recognizably related to 'geranium' for many learners, but the suffix '-ales' is a specialized biological order ending that may be unfamiliar.

Etymology

Geraniales comes from the Greek word geranos, which means 'crane', because the seed pods of geraniums look like a crane's beak. So Geraniales is the plant order that includes geraniums and their close relatives.