Definition of malvaceae. Meaning of malvaceae. Synonyms of malvaceae

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Definition of malvaceae

Malvaceae
Malvaceous Mal*va"ceous, a. [L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvace[ae]), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Meaning of malvaceae from wikipedia

- Malvaceae (/mælˈveɪsiˌaɪ, -siːˌiː/), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known...
- This is a list of genera in the plant family Malvaceae. Malvaceae includes Alcea (hollyhock), Malva (mallow) and Gossypium (cotton), as well as Tilia (lime...
- (Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae) occur. Many species of Malvaceae, sensu lato (in the broad sense), are valued for their wood, with that...
- tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics...
- "The family Malvaceae s.s. is cladistically monophyletic." This means that the members of the entire family of plants under the name Malvaceae (strictly...
- Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. Known as common...
- trees native to the tropical forests of Africa, classified in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (previously in the separate family Sterculiaceae)...
- common wireweed, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is believed to have originated in Central America, but today has a...
- Eudicot Apocynaceae dogbane 4,555 Monocot Cyperaceae sedge 4,350 Eudicot Malvaceae mallow 4,225 Monocot Araceae arum 4,025 Eudicot Ericaceae heath 3,995...
- common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly...