Malvaceae is the mallow family of flowering plants, comprising several thousand species across roughly 200 genera, distributed nearly worldwide with the greatest diversity in the tropics. The family includes the genus Theobroma, source of cacao, as well as cotton, hibiscus and okra, and is characterized by alternate leaves and flowers typically with five petals and numerous stamens fused into a tube.
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Parent Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Alcea rosea
Source Tilia henryana (Wikidata)
Source Triplochiton scleroxylon (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ156551, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Malvaceae
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
In Group: Rosid Families, Lead
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species.
View the SourceWikidata: Malvaceae
Wikidata Q156551, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Baobab
- Parent Taxon Of: Baobab, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- Parent Taxon Of: African Baobab, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the SourceWikidata: Kapok
Tilia henryana (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Tilia henryana, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Triplochiton scleroxylon (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Triplochiton scleroxylon, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Alcea rosea
Parent Taxon Of: Alcea rosea, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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