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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: Maine Eudicots
Abutilon theophrasti
Media resource of Abutilon theophrasti
Alcea rosea
Media resource of Alcea rosea
Althaea officinalis
Media resource of Althaea officinalis
Hibiscus trionum
Media resource of Hibiscus trionum
Malva alcea
Media resource of Malva alcea
Malva moschata
Media resource of Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Media resource of Malva neglecta
Malva rotundifolia
Media resource of Malva rotundifolia
Malva sylvestris
Media resource of Malva sylvestris
Malva verticillata
Media resource of Malva verticillata
Sida spinosa
Media resource of Sida spinosa
Tilia americana
Media resource of Tilia americana
Tilia cordata
Media resource of Tilia cordata
Tilia eburnea
Media resource of Tilia eburnea
Tilia europaea
Media resource of Tilia europaea
Tilia glabra
Media resource of Tilia glabra
Tilia heterophylla
Media resource of Tilia heterophylla
Tilia lasioclada
Media resource of Tilia lasioclada
Tilia michauxii
Media resource of Tilia michauxii
Tilia monticola
Media resource of Tilia monticola
Tilia neglecta
Media resource of Tilia neglecta
Tilia palmeri
Media resource of Tilia palmeri
Tilia platyphyllos
Media resource of Tilia platyphyllos
Tilia truncata
Media
not available
Tilia venulosa
Media resource of Tilia venulosa
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