The current study involves the systematic relationship between the eight species belonging to family Geraniaceae in the Egyptian flora reexamined based on the whole plant morphology were collected from different habitats in Egypt during the period from February 2022 to May 2023 for systematic studies. Morphologically, identification and classification of collected plants species of family Geraniaceae occurred by utilizing the light microscope, regarding the taxonomic revisions of the reference collected specimens in other Egyptian Herbaria. The results obtained show annual habit in five species Erodium ciconium, Erodium cicutarium, Erodium laciniatum, Erodium malacoides and Erodium texanum but Erodium crassifolium, Erodium glaucophyllum and Monsonia nivea found as perennial, all species have hairy surface. Stem ranged from erect in Erodium crassifolium, Erodium glaucophyllum, Erodium malacoides and Monsonia nivea and prostrate in Erodium ciconium, Erodium cicutarium, Erodium laciniatum, Erodium texanum. The relationship between the examined species expressed as UPGMA tree depended on the coefficient of similarity utilizing the NTSYS program. In the tree, all specimens clearly distinguished into two clusters reflect the morphological resemblances between them. |
