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Malveae
Malveae is a tribe of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, subfamily Malvoideae. The tribe circumscribes approximately 70 genera and 1040 species and has the greatest species diversity out the three tribes that make up Malvoideae (followed by Hibisceae and then Gossypieae). The flowers of Malveae are five-merous with a characteristic staminal column, a trait found throughout Malvoideae. Although there are not many economically important species within Malveae, the tribe includes Althaea officinalis, otherwise known as the marsh-mallow.
The fruits of Malveae are generally schizocarpic, although some are functionally capsular. The tribe generally includes herbaceous plants, although Robinsonella are trees. The tribe is a well supported monophyletic group, supported by chloroplast and ribosomal DNA. Within Malvoideae, Malveae forms a monophyletic clade with Gossypieae, sister to Hibisceae. Malveae species are primarily found in the Americas, although genera within the tribe are also found in Eurasia, Australia, and Africa.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Mallows
genusMalva
Sidas
genusSida
globemallows
genusSphaeralcea
Indian mallows
genusAbutilon
Checkerblooms
genusSidalcea
hollyhocks
genusAlcea
poppymallows
genusCallirhoe
Malvastrum
genusMalvastrum
Callianthe
genusCallianthe
bushmallows
genusMalacothamnus
Modiola
genusModiola
Anoda
genusAnoda
Marshmallows
genusAlthaea
Houhere
genusHoheria
Eremalche
genusEremalche
Allowissadula
genusAllowissadula
Malvella
genusMalvella
Plagianthus
genusPlagianthus
Herissantia
genusHerissantia
wild hollyhocks
genusIliamna
Rhynchosida
genusRhynchosida
African Mallows
genusAnisodontea
Fuertesimalva
genusFuertesimalva
Napaea
genusNapaea
Horsfordia
genusHorsfordia
Cristaria
genusCristaria
Modiolastrum
genusModiolastrum
Nototriche
genusNototriche
Tarasa
genusTarasa
Gynatrix
genusGynatrix
Wissadula
genusWissadula
Lawrencia
genusLawrencia
Sidastrum
genusSidastrum
Kearnemalvastrum
genusKearnemalvastrum
Pseudabutilon
genusPseudabutilon
Gaya
genusGaya
Malope
genusMalope
Meximalva
genusMeximalva
Krapovickasia
genusKrapovickasia
Lecanophora
genusLecanophora
Phymosia
genusPhymosia
Ripariosida
genusRipariosida
Acaulimalva
genusAcaulimalva
Corynabutilon
genusCorynabutilon
Bakeridesia
genusBakeridesia
Robinsonella
genusRobinsonella
Bastardiastrum
genusBastardiastrum
Palaua
genusPalaua
copper sidas
genusBillieturnera
Asterotrichion
genusAsterotrichion
Monteiroa
genusMonteiroa
Periptera
genusPeriptera
Neobrittonia
genusNeobrittonia
Kitaibelia
genusKitaibelia
Allobriquetia
genusAllobriquetia
Batesimalva
genusBatesimalva
Dendrosida
genusDendrosida
Allosidastrum
genusAllosidastrum
Andeimalva
genusAndeimalva
Hochreutinera
genusHochreutinera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 860842.