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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 inventory project: Arizona Flora || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Abelmoschus esculentus
Media resource of Abelmoschus esculentus
Abutilon abutiloides
Media resource of Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon berlandieri
Media resource of Abutilon berlandieri
Abutilon californicum
Media resource of Abutilon californicum
Abutilon coahuilae
Media resource of Abutilon coahuilae
Abutilon holosericeum
Media resource of Abutilon holosericeum
Abutilon incanum
Media resource of Abutilon incanum
Abutilon malacum
Media resource of Abutilon malacum
Abutilon mollicomum
Media resource of Abutilon mollicomum
Abutilon palmeri
Media resource of Abutilon palmeri
Abutilon parishii
Media resource of Abutilon parishii
Abutilon parvulum
Media resource of Abutilon parvulum
Abutilon pinkavae
Media resource of Abutilon pinkavae
Abutilon reventum
Media resource of Abutilon reventum
Abutilon theophrasti
Media resource of Abutilon theophrasti
Abutilon wrightii
Media resource of Abutilon wrightii
Adansonia digitata
Media resource of Adansonia digitata
Adansonia za
Media resource of Adansonia za
Alcea ficifolia
Media resource of Alcea ficifolia
Alcea rosea
Media resource of Alcea rosea
Alyogyne huegelii
Media resource of Alyogyne huegelii
Anoda abutiloides
Media resource of Anoda abutiloides
Anoda crenatiflora
Media resource of Anoda crenatiflora
Anoda cristata
Media resource of Anoda cristata
Anoda hintoniorum
Media resource of Anoda hintoniorum
Anoda lanceolata
Media resource of Anoda lanceolata
Anoda maculata
Media resource of Anoda maculata
Anoda pentaschista
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Anoda reticulata
Media resource of Anoda reticulata
Anoda thurberi
Media resource of Anoda thurberi
Ayenia ardua
Media resource of Ayenia ardua
Ayenia compacta
Media resource of Ayenia compacta
Ayenia filiformis
Media resource of Ayenia filiformis
Ayenia glabra
Media resource of Ayenia glabra
Ayenia insulicola
Media resource of Ayenia insulicola
Ayenia jaliscana
Media resource of Ayenia jaliscana
Ayenia microphylla
Media resource of Ayenia microphylla
Brachychiton acerifolius
Media resource of Brachychiton acerifolius
Brachychiton diversifolius
Media resource of Brachychiton diversifolius
Brachychiton populneum
Media resource of Brachychiton populneum
Brachychiton populneus
Media resource of Brachychiton populneus
Brachychiton rupestris
Media resource of Brachychiton rupestris
Brachychiton x excellens
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Callianthe picta
Media resource of Callianthe picta
Callirhoe involucrata
Media resource of Callirhoe involucrata
Ceiba aesculifolia
Media resource of Ceiba aesculifolia
Ceiba insignis
Media resource of Ceiba insignis
Ceiba pentandra
Media resource of Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba speciosa
Media resource of Ceiba speciosa
Chorisia insignis
Media resource of Chorisia insignis
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