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Malvella
Sign in to saveMalvella is a small genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. There are four species, one native to the Mediterranean, and three native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. The plants were formerly classified in genus Sida.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), ASU, NY, UCR, SBBG, JBRJ
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Mexico, United States, Brazil, Armenia
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- taxon name
- Malvella
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Malvella
- Commons category
- Malvella
- taxon common name
- mallow
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Encyclopedic overview
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Malvella is a small genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. There are four species, one native to the Mediterranean, and three native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. The plants were formerly classified in genus Sida.
==Description== These are generally perennial herbs, sometimes annual, growing in a prostrate or decumbent form. They are coated with star-shaped or scaly hairs. The silvery-haired leaves have asymmetrical blades. Flowers grow singly in the leaf axils. They are whitish or yellow, fading pink. The fruit is a capsule with 7 to 10 segments that do not break apart.
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