Home›Species›Taxonomy›MalvaceaeTaxaMalvaceaePlant FamiliesReference and ClassificationVerifiedMalvaceae 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.FactsMalvaceaeConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsClassificationLiving or ExtinctWell-attestedYes 1Taxonomic RankWell-attestedFamily 2MalvaceaeFilter Results6 entriesCommon GroupAllMallows, Cottons And Baobabs (Malvales) (6)HabitatAllSavanna (1)Tropical Dry Forest (2)Tropical Rainforest (1)Conservation StatusAllLeast Concern (3)Not Evaluated (3)EcosystemAllSahel (2)Everyday GroupAllMallows, Cottons And Baobabs (Malvales) (6)DietAllPhotosynthetic Autotroph (6)System (Realm)AllTerrestrial (5)Relationship to PeopleAllFarmed or Commercially Raised (1)Invasive or Introduced Species (2)Used in Traditional Medicine (4)Living or ExtinctAllYes (3)Where It LivesAllAfrica (2)Albania (1)Algeria (3)Angola (3)Austria (1)Bahamas (1)Bangladesh (4)Belgium (1)Belize (1)Benin (4)Bolivia (1)Botswana (2)Brazil (2)Bulgaria (1)Burundi (1)Cambodia (1)Cameroon (4)Central African Republic (4)Chad (3)Colombia (1)Comoros (3)Costa Rica (1)Cuba (2)Cyprus (1)Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)Dominican Republic (2)Ecuador (2)Egypt (1)El Salvador (2)Equatorial Guinea (1)Eritrea (3)Ethiopia (3)Fiji (1)France (1)Gabon (2)Gambia (3)Georgia (1)Germany (1)Ghana (4)Greece (1)Guatemala (2)Guinea (4)Guinea-Bissau (3)Guyana (1)Haiti (2)Honduras (1)Hungary (1)India (4)Italy (1)Jamaica (1)Kenya (2)Laos (2)Liberia (2)Libya (1)Madagascar (2)Malawi (3)Mali (3)Mauritania (2)Morocco (1)Mozambique (3)Myanmar (2)Namibia (2)Nauru (1)Nepal (1)Nicaragua (1)Niger (3)Nigeria (4)North America (1)Oman (3)Pakistan (1)Peru (1)Portugal (1)Romania (1)Samoa (1)Senegal (3)Seychelles (2)Sierra Leone (4)Somalia (3)South Africa (2)South America (1)South Asia (1)Spain (1)Sri Lanka (3)Suriname (1)Switzerland (1)Taiwan (2)Tanzania (3)Thailand (1)Togo (3)Tonga (1)Uganda (3)Vanuatu (1)Vietnam (2)Yemen (2)Zambia (2)Zimbabwe (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6African BaobabMalvaceaeAlcea roseaMalvaceaeBaobabMalvaceaeKapokMalvaceaeTilia henryanaMalvaceaeTriplochiton scleroxylonMalvaceaeConnectionsParent Taxon OfAfrican Baobab, Species Well-attested Source Wikidata: BaobabAlcea rosea, Species Well-attested Source Wikidata: Alcea roseaBaobab, Species Well-attested Source Wikidata: BaobabKapok, Species Well-attested Source Wikidata: KapokTilia henryana, Species Well-attested Source Tilia henryana (Wikidata)tier 2Triplochiton scleroxylon, Species Well-attested Source Triplochiton scleroxylon (Wikidata)tier 2Sources1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ156551, descriptionView the Source2. Wikipedia: MalvaceaeTaxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)In Group: Rosid Families, LeadMalvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species.View the SourceWikidata: MalvaceaeWikidata Q156551, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the SourceWikidata: BaobabParent Taxon Of: Baobab, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainParent Taxon Of: African Baobab, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceWikidata: KapokParent Taxon Of: Kapok, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceTilia henryana (Wikidata)tier 2WikidataParent Taxon Of: Tilia henryana, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceTriplochiton scleroxylon (Wikidata)tier 2WikidataParent Taxon Of: Triplochiton scleroxylon, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceWikidata: Alcea roseaParent Taxon Of: Alcea rosea, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.