Bombacoideae is a subfamily of the
mallow family,
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
. It contains herbaceous and woody plants. Their leaves are alternate, commonly palmately lobed, with small and caducous stipules. The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic; the calyx has 5 sepals united at the base, which are not accompanied by an epicalyx (involucel). The corolla has 5 free petals and an androecium of numerous stamens, typically with free filaments which are not fused in a staminal tube (column). The pollen is smooth and the ovary superior and pluricarpellate. The fruits are schizocarpous or capsular.
Genera
Classification
Some taxa in this subfamily were previously grouped under the now-obsolete family
Bombacaceae, as recent phylogenetic research has shown that Bombacaceae as traditionally circumscribed (including tribe Durioneae) is not a monophyletic group. ''
Camptostemon'', ''
Lagunaria'', ''
Pentaplaris'' and ''
Uladendron'' might more appropriately be placed in
Malvoideae, as might the tribe
Matisieae (''
Matisia'', ''
Phragmotheca'' and ''
Quararibea
''Quararibea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.
Species include:
*''Quararibea asterolepis''
*''Quararibea aurantiocalyx''
*''Quararibea cordata''
*''Quararibea dolichopoda''
*''Quararibea dolichosiphon''
*''Quararibea fu ...
'').
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Rosid subfamilies