Taxonomy and traditional medicine practices on malvaceae. This family is known for its mucilaginous qualities. Malvaceae is a dicotyledonous family comprising about 82 genera and 1500 species, distributed almost throughout the world and particularly abundant in trpics. The plant list includes 14,258 scientific plant names of species rank for the family malvaceae. The flowers are almost always bisexual and actinomorphic. Malvaceae, the hibiscus, or mallow, family order malvales containing some 243 genera and at least 4,225 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Members of the family often feature showy fivepetaled flowers with an epicalyx fused bracts below the sepals. A list of all accepted names in malvaceae is available in csv format. A taxonomic clade within the order malvales core malvales. The fruit is a capsule, or else breaks into many oneseeded nutlets.
The malvaceae, or the mallows, are a faimily o flouerin plants containin ower 200 genera wi close tae 2,300 species. The native species are of minor economic importance. Wild species may be smaller, but you will know you have a mallow when you find a funnelshaped flower with 5 separate petals and a. Kenaf are commercially important for fibre, and hibiscus rosasinensis l. Note that at the end of the initial merge loop on line 3 there might be some entries left in the lower half of a or the upper half but not both. The english common name mallow comes from latin malva also the source for the english word mauve. The malvaceae info web site provides information, both botanical and horticultural, on the angiosperm family malvaceae sensu apg which includes the traditional bombacaceae and much of the traditional sterculiaceae byttneriaceae and tiliaceae, together with a little material on related families in the order malvales and of general botanical content. Many are cultivated as a source of natural fibres, and several are grown as food. Even with a strict treatment of the malvaceae many tribes may exist including the malopeae, ureneae, hibsceae, malveae, corynabutilinae, malvinae, abutileae heywood et al. Many members of malvales can be identified by the following combination of characters. Slezovke malvaceae, biljna porodica iz reda sljezolikih malvales, razred rosopsida. Taxonomy and traditional medicine practices on the family malvaceae growing throughout the rajshahi, bangladesh was carried out during july 2008 to june 2009. One of these is columniferae, which in his work incorporates malvaceae s.
Malvaceae, commonly known as mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Pdf sequence analyses of the plastid genesatpb andrbcl support an. Hibiscus or mallow family okra, roselle, cotton, hibiscus. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as alcea hollyhock, malva mallow and lavatera tree mallow, as well as tilia lime tree. The plants are abundantly seen in the tropics and a few are natives of the temperate regions of the old world. The mallow family malvaceae contains some 243 genera and at least 4,225 species of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees distributed nearly worldwide. Malvaceae definition of malvaceae by merriamwebster. Click on taxon name for more nomenclatural information. Complete information on the characteristics of the family. As the latin name malva neglecta indicates, common mallow is most often a problem in areas of low or no maintenance and property boundary areas. Tiliaceae and malvaceae sensu strictu were merged to become malvaceae. Wellkent members o this faimily include okra, cotton, an cacao.
Eremalche rotundifolia or desert globemallow is a stunning annual that deserves trial in dry gardens. Representatives occur in all except the coldest parts of the world but are most numerous in the tropics. Does not transplant well unless less than three weeks old. The common mallow is part of the large family of malvaceae plants that include cotton, okra and hibiscus. Sharma, in genetic improvement of vegetable crops, 1993. Identifying characteristics of malvaceae family qs study.
Here identifying characteristics of malvaceae family along with essential figures and one suitable example. The malvaceae are herbs, shrubs, or trees comprising about 75 genera and perhaps as many as 1,500 species that are further characterized by the presence of stellate hairs and mucilaginous sap. Adrianus van royen in his flora leydensis 1749 incorporates in his columniferae malvaceae s. Leaf architecture of selected species of malvaceae sensu apg and. Wild species may be smaller, but you will know you have a mallow when you find a funnelshaped flower with 5 separate petals and a distinctive column of stamens surrounding the pistil. Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with. The usual taxonomic information bibliographic citations, synonyms, type species, etc. The origin of the concept of malvaceae can be traced back to adanson and jussieu, if not to the columniferae of linnaeus. The only possible problem is the relationship with the bombacaceae, which also has primarily 1loculed anthers, and some authorities have suggested that the bombacaceae should be included within the malvaceae. Vegetable plantvegetable plant families and page f their. The mallow family contains over species, found mainly in south america. It is an edible plant that has been used for medicinal care as well as food. Malvaceae synonyms, malvaceae pronunciation, malvaceae translation, english dictionary definition of malvaceae.
Mallow family, malvaceae the mallow family contains some of finlands bestknown ornamental species, and it is quite large with almost 250 genera and over 3,700 species. The remaining part of the year the temperature stay moderate. Sida asiatica l kanski, indian mallow, country mallow. You can set properties that apply formatting, determine how the form field information relates to other form fields, impose limitations on what the user can enter in the form field, trigger custom scripts, and so on. Following are the important characters of malvaceae.
In adobe acrobat, how a form field behaves is determined by settings in the properties dialog box for that individual field. Abutilon trees and shrubs of the andes of ecuador imagejpeg. Pdf support for an expanded family concept of malvaceae within. The lairgest genera in terms o nummer o species include hibiscus 300 species, sterculia 250 species, dombeya 225 species, pavonia 200 species, an sida. Wellknown members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. The vegetable okra abelmoschus esculentus is probably the most famous member indicative of such tendencies. The malvaceae include cottonthe most important industrial cropand such bastfiber plants as kenaf and flowering maple. Routine mowing and increased nitrogen fertilization are very effective at reducing the competitiveness of common mallow. The dichotomous key indicated that leaf architecture characters can be used in. Instead, we propose to merge sterculiaceae, tiliaceae and bombacaceae with malvaceae and. A taxonomic family within the order malvales many flowering plants. Malvaceae the mallow family 250 genera 4,200 species distribution. There are approximately 90 genera, embracing 1,600 species according to other data, 2,350, distributed primarily in the tropics and subtropics. The flowers are regular, usually pentamerous, with free petals, numerous stamens joined into a tube below, and numerous carpels joined into a ring to form the superior ovary.
About the classification report about the classification download. Malvaceae definition of malvaceae by the free dictionary. Central, and south america including the caribbean are enumerated, described, and distinguished, using and artificial key. Nevertheless, all these attributes studied previously in respect of malvaceae are relatively scanty as to reach any conclusion. Usually shrub and tender part of the plant contains a lubricating substance called mucilage ii leaf. The earliest recognition of malvaceae as a distinct group of plants is difficult to identify. The number of feral plants or escapes from cultivation is much more modest in finland with only a dozen species out of 5 genera, the most established of which is low mallow. The leaves are alternate, simple, and usually palmately veined. The traditional malvaceae coincides exactly with one of the major clades. Axunta plantes herbales, maderices o parrotales mas frecuentes en paises templaos. The species of most economic importance is cotton, the fruits of hibiscus esculentus okra are eaten, and many hibiscus, abutilon, hollyhock are grown as garden flowers. Species of malvaceae contained within the plant list belong to 236 plant genera.
The bicolor unit is a variable structure in complexity, but the presence of fertile and sterile bracts is a salient character. Bombacoideae brownlowioideae byttnerioideae dombeyoideae grewioideae helicteroideae malvoideae sterculioideae. A cosmopolitan family, though primarily tropical and subtropical. The family malvaceae to which cultivated okra belongs is one of the recalcitrant species for plant regeneration through tissue culture.
If you have seen a hollyhock or hibiscus flower, then you can recognize the mallow family. Perhaps the earliest recognition of malvaceae as a distinct group of plants was by adrianus van royen in his flora leydensis 1749, who, in an essay at a natural classification of plants divided them into 20 classes, 6 of which are recognisable as modern families. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as alcea hollyhock, malva mallow and lavatera tree mallow, as well as tilia. Media in category malvaceae the following 86 files are in this category, out of 86 total. Eleven genera, with about 75 species, are found in the ussr. Variation of trichome morphology was studied in some specific taxa celka et al. Very fast growing, need to be kept moist, not wet, use lots of compost. Malvaceae a family of herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in which the leaves are palmately veined, often lobed, and rich in mucilage. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family malvaceae. In india, there are 22 genera and about 110 species. Seed pod characteristics are imoportant in separating genera in the family. Circumscription of malvaceae malvales as determined by a. There are two different pentaglottis genera pentaglottis tausch is the one to which pentaglottis sempervirens belongs, and pentaglottis wall. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles.
The malvaceae or mallow family is considerably larger. Malvaceae, a weed found in marshy places across india, is consumed as an ethnomedicine against dysuria and other urinary disorders 110. Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Stellate hairs on the young parts, mucilaginous juice present, leaves alternate, stipulate, multicostate reticulate. Malvaceae definition is a family of herbs, shrubs, and trees order malvales characterized by monadelphous stamens and onecelled anthers. Malvaceae article about malvaceae by the free dictionary. The malvaceae or mallow family is considerably larger than the geranium family and is identified by often broad, palmatelyveined leaves with stipules hence the resemblance to geraniums often stellate or starlike hairs on leaves and stems usually wideopen flowers with 5 lightly joined.
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