Geranium × cantabrigiense is a hybrid flowering plant in the cranesbill family Geraniaceae. It is an hybrid between Geranium dalmaticum and G. macrorrhizum.[1]
| Geranium × cantabrigiense | |
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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. × cantabrigiense
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| Binomial name | |
| Geranium × cantabrigiense P.F.Yeo
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Etymology
editThe name cantabrigiense comes from Cantabrigia, the Latin name for Cambridge, England.[2]
Origin
editGeranium × cantabrigiense was originally obtained in cultivation in 1974, when Dr. Helen Kiefer of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden used pollen of G. dalmaticum to fertilise G. macrorrhizum. The resulting plant is sterile, producing long-lasting pink flowers that do not set seed, but spreads vegetatively through trailing stems.[2]
This hybrid has since been found in the wild, having formed through natural hybridisation where both parents co-occur. One naturally occurring form discovered in the Biokovo mountains of Croatia has been introduced in cultivation as the cultivar 'Biokovo'.[2]
References
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- ^ "Geranium × cantabrigiense P.F.Yeo". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 28 February 2023.