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Malvaceae

Malvaceae
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JANAS 27(2)
PLANT: Subshrubs or shrubs, less often trees, rarely herbs, often stellate-pubescent. LEAVES: alternate, simple or palmately lobed, usually ovate or lanceolate. FLOWERS: (in ours) perfect and actinomorphic; sepals and petals 5 (or calyx gamosepalous and 5-toothed or -lobed); stamens monadelphous and usually numerous; ovary superior, 3-35-carpelled, with 1-35 styles. INFLORESCENCE: panicles or racemes, rarely heads or umbels, or the flowers often solitary in the leafaxils. FRUIT: schizocarpic or capsular. NOTES: Over 100 genera, perhaps 2000 species, chiefly of tropical and subtropical regions, but with a few temperate-zone genera. The family is well known for the economically important cotton crop (Gossypium spp.) and for numerous ornamentals, especially in Hibiscus and Alcea. Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:1-522. REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.
Species within checklist: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Abutilon abutiloides
Media resource of Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon incanum
Media resource of Abutilon incanum
Abutilon malacum
Media resource of Abutilon malacum
Abutilon parvulum
Media resource of Abutilon parvulum
Abutilon reventum
Media resource of Abutilon reventum
Abutilon sonorae
Media resource of Abutilon sonorae
Anoda abutiloides
Media resource of Anoda abutiloides
Anoda cristata
Media resource of Anoda cristata
Ayenia filiformis
Media resource of Ayenia filiformis
Ayenia jaliscana
Media resource of Ayenia jaliscana
Gossypium thurberi
Media resource of Gossypium thurberi
Herissantia crispa
Media resource of Herissantia crispa
Hibiscus biseptus
Media resource of Hibiscus biseptus
Hibiscus coulteri
Media resource of Hibiscus coulteri
Malva parviflora
Media resource of Malva parviflora
Malvella leprosa
Media resource of Malvella leprosa
Rhynchosida physocalyx
Media resource of Rhynchosida physocalyx
Sida abutifolia
Media resource of Sida abutifolia
Sidalcea neomexicana
Media resource of Sidalcea neomexicana
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Media resource of Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Sphaeralcea emoryi
Media resource of Sphaeralcea emoryi
Waltheria americana
Media resource of Waltheria americana
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