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African Mallows
Anisodontea
Anisodontea is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Malveae of the mallow family Malvaceae. It comprises 19 species native to South Africa and Lesotho. Members of the genus typically bear toothed leaves with three or five palmate, uneven lobes. Members of the genus also typically bear flowers with a pubescent calyx, a five-petaled corolla streaked from the center and pink to magenta in color, and stamens with anthers of a dark color.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sandrose Mallow
speciesAnisodontea scabrosa
Velvet Mallow
speciesAnisodontea triloba
White Flats Mallow
speciesAnisodontea biflora
Cape Mallow
speciesAnisodontea capensis
Wedge Mallow
speciesAnisodontea fruticosa
Ruens Mallow
speciesAnisodontea dissecta
Lollypop Mallow
speciesAnisodontea reflexa
Drakensberg Mallow
speciesAnisodontea julii
Anisodontea elegans
speciesAnisodontea elegans
Namaqua Mallow
speciesAnisodontea anomala
Rough Mallow
speciesAnisodontea bryoniifolia
Anisodontea setosa
speciesAnisodontea setosa
Anisodontea malvastroides
speciesAnisodontea malvastroides
Anisodontea racemosa
speciesAnisodontea racemosa
Anisodontea alexandri
speciesAnisodontea alexandri
Anisodontea gracilis
speciesAnisodontea gracilis
Anisodontea procumbens
speciesAnisodontea procumbens
Anisodontea pseudocapensis
speciesAnisodontea pseudocapensis
Anisodontea theronii
speciesAnisodontea theronii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 71970.