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Mallow Family Genera (Malvaceae)

Mallow family genera are the genera of the family Malvaceae, which GBIF places in the order Malvales and lists its genera. The largest by descendant taxa are Hibiscus with about 728, Sida with about 646, Grewia with about 383, Pavonia with about 361, Hermannia with about 303 and Dombeya with about 301, followed by Sterculia with about 294, and Tilia and Abutilon with about 271 each. GBIF counts about 9,200 descendant taxa across the whole family.

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Mallow Family Genera (Malvaceae)
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Mallow Family Genera (Malvaceae)
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Gossypium

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Hibiscus

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Theobroma

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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Malvaceae
GBIF Secretariat
  • Children of Malvaceae
    "canonicalName":"Hibiscus","vernacularName":"Rosemallow","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 2: 693.","numDescendants":728
  • Children of Malvaceae: Sida
    "canonicalName":"Sida","vernacularName":"Fanpetals","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 683.","numDescendants":646
  • Children of Malvaceae: Grewia
    "canonicalName":"Grewia","vernacularName":"Crossberries","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 2: 964.","numDescendants":383
  • Children of Malvaceae: Pavonia
    "canonicalName":"Pavonia","vernacularName":"Swampmallow","authorship":"Cav.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Cav. (1787). In: Diss. 2: App. II. (1786), Et 3: 132. T. 45.","numDescendants":361
  • Children of Malvaceae: Hermannia
    "canonicalName":"Hermannia","vernacularName":"burstworts","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 2: 673.","numDescendants":303
  • Children of Malvaceae: Dombeya
    "canonicalName":"Dombeya","authorship":"Cav.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Cav. (1787). In: Diss. 121. Tt. 38, 41.","numDescendants":301
  • Children of Malvaceae: Sterculia
    "canonicalName":"Sterculia","vernacularName":"tropical chestnut","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 2: 1007.","numDescendants":294
  • Children of Malvaceae: Tilia
    "canonicalName":"Tilia","vernacularName":"linden","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1: 514.","numDescendants":271
  • Children of Malvaceae: Abutilon
    "canonicalName":"Abutilon","authorship":"Tourn. ex Adans., 1763","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 398. 1763","numDescendants":0
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Malvaceae
GBIF SecretariatMalvaceae record
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"numDescendants":9200
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Wikipedia: Hibiscus
Has Member: Hibiscus, Lead
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Hibiscus is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae native to the tropics and subtropics.
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Wikipedia: Gossypium
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Gossypium () is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested.
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Theobroma - Wikipedia
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Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.
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