Malvaceae (/mælˈveɪsiˌaɪ,-siːˌiː/), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species.[4][5] Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao, roselle and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as Alcea (hollyhock), Malva (mallow), and Tilia (lime or linden tree). The genera with the largest numbers of species include Hibiscus (434 species),[6]Pavonia (291 species),[7]Sida (275 species),[8]Ayenia (216 species),[9]Dombeya (197 species),[10] and Sterculia (181 species).[11][12]
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^Pavonia Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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^Dombeya Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^Sterculia L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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Malvaceae (/mælˈveɪsiˌaɪ, -siːˌiː/), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known...
(Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae) occur. Many species of Malvaceae, sensu lato (in the broad sense), are valued for their wood, with that...
This is a list of genera in the plant family Malvaceae. Malvaceae includes Alcea (hollyhock), Malva (mallow) and Gossypium (cotton), as well as Tilia (lime...
phalsa or falsa, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae. It was first found in Varanasi, India, and was taken by Buddhist scholars...
"The family Malvaceae s.s. is cladistically monophyletic." This means that the members of the entire family of plants under the name Malvaceae (strictly...
unite Bombacaceae, Malvaceae sensu stricto, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae into a more widely circumscribed Malvaceae, i.e., Malvaceae sensu lato. In that...
common wireweed, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is believed to have originated in Central America, but today has a...
Bombacoideae and Helicteroideae within family Malvaceae sensu lato. A close relationship between Bombacaceae and Malvaceae has long been recognized but until recently...
a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae...
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. Known as common...
common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly...
taxonomists in the family Bombacaceae, or by others in a broadly defined Malvaceae that includes Bombacaceae, and by others in a smaller family of just seven...
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known...
L. trimestris at Malvaceae Info "RHS Plantfinder - Lavatera trimestris". Retrieved 20 March 2018. Synonymy of Lavatera at Malvaceae Info RHS A-Z encyclopedia...
above, flowers of several other related Hawaiian plants of the family Malvaceae resemble Hibiscus flowers, although are generally smaller. The endemic...
Tilioideae is a flowering plant subfamily in the family Malvaceae, though it was formerly considered a large group, placed at family rank and called Tiliaceae...
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. "The taxonomic revision of Alcea and Althaea (Malvaceae) in Turkey, 2011 by Mehmet Erkan Uzunhisarcikli, Mecit Vural". P H Davis...
the biennial hollyhock, is a species of Alcea in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Synonyms include A. pallida, Althaea pallida and Malva pallida. "Alcea...
green. Such plants as green beans or Lotus tetragonolobus in the family Fabaceae, or okras in the family Malvaceae are examples of pod vegetables. v t e...
Pterocymbium tinctorium is a tropical forest tree species in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the Sterculiaceae). In...
species, (Malvaceae), of Australia; Ceiba species, the floss silk tree or palo borracho of South America. "Cavanillesia platanifolia" (Malvaceae) of South...
tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids...
is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different...
This is a list of plants found in the wild in Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The estimates from useful plants suggested that there are 800 plant...
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central...
noxious odour when disturbed. Main host plants are Gossypium species (Malvaceae), Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae), Citrus species (Rutaceae) and Vernonia amygdalina...
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