In article , Bob Hobden
writes
By the way, Geraniums are actually mostly hardy plants for the garden and
whilst most Garden Centres still insist on calling Pels Geraniums they
haven't been included in that family for decades. I've seen the retailers
change other plants names immediately the botanists have done their work
(Datura to Brugmansia) but for some reason they seem unwilling to do so with
Pels.

s/family/genus/; Pelargonium is still in Geraniaceae.

Geranium is the vernacular name for Pelargonium, like chyrsanthemum is
the vernacular name for Dendranthema. (And in one of the English-
speaking countries syringa is the vernacular name for something which
isn't a lilac.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley