Mallow and Hibiscus Family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of this family include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus (300 species), Sterculia (250 species), Dombeya (250 species), Pavonia (200 species) and Sida (200 species).
19 branches of this family, most-observed first
Malvoideae
subfamilyMalvoideae
Linden subfamily
subfamilyTilioideae
Byttnerioideae
subfamilyByttnerioideae
Baobab subfamily
subfamilyBombacoideae
Grewioideae
subfamilyGrewioideae
tropical chestnuts and allies
subfamilySterculioideae
Dombeyoideae
subfamilyDombeyoideae
Helicteroideae
subfamilyHelicteroideae
Brownlowioideae
subfamilyBrownlowioideae
Bombycidendron
genusBombycidendron
Gilesia
genusGilesia
Calyptraemalva
genusCalyptraemalva
Roifia
genusRoifia
Jumelleanthus
genusJumelleanthus
Erioxylum
genusErioxylum
Woodianthus
genusWoodianthus
Spirabutilon
genusSpirabutilon
Marcanodendron
genusMarcanodendron
Septotheca
genusSeptotheca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.31
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.159
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 1 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1687 · p.23
The Ambonese Herbal, Vol. 3
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1743 · p.57
The Ambonese Herbal, Vol. 3
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1743 · p.50
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.145
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Malvaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48797.