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Malvales

Plant Orders

Malvales is an order of flowering plants comprising about 6,000 species across nine families under the APG II classification, dominated by the broadly defined mallow family Malvaceae with over 4,225 species, followed by Thymelaeaceae with 898 species. Its members are mostly shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions, with some reaching into temperate zones, and the order includes economically important plants such as cacao, cotton, hibiscus and durian.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
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Parent Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Common Apple-moss
Source Wikidata: Elaeocarpus serratus
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21908, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Malvales
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Malvales
Wikidata Q21908, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Common Apple-moss
Parent Taxon Of: Common Apple-moss, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Elaeocarpus serratus
Parent Taxon Of: Elaeocarpus serratus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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