Malvoideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, which includes in the minimum the genus ''
Malva''. It was first used by Burnett in 1835, but was not much used until recently, where, within the framework of the
APG System
The APG system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system) of plant classification is the first version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy. Published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, it was replaced by the improved ...
, which unites the families
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, ...
,
Bombacaceae,
Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus '' Sterculia''. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioide ...
and
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...
of the
Cronquist system
The Cronquist system is a list of systems of plant taxonomy, taxonomic classification system of angiosperms, flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including ''The Evolution and Classification of ...
, the aggregate family Malvaceae is divided into 9 subfamilies, including Malvoideae. The Malvoideae of
Kubitzki and Bayer includes 4 tribes:
*
Malveae
Malveae is a tribe of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, subfamily Malvoideae. The tribe circumscribes approximately 70 genera and 1040 species and has the greatest species diversity out the three tribes that make up Malvoideae ( ...
(''
Abutilon,
Alcea,
Malva,
Sidalcea
''Sidalcea'' is a genus (approx. 25 species) of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flowering plants known generally as checkerblooms or checkermallows, or prairie mallows in the United Kingdom. They can be annuals or ...
'' etc.)
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Gossypieae
Gossypieae is a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Malvoideae. It includes the cotton ('' Gossypium'') and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glan ...
(''
Gossypium
''Gossypium'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, Old and New Worlds. There are abo ...
'', the cottons etc.)
*
Hibisceae (''
Hibiscus
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...
'' etc.)
*
Kydieae
* - and two unplaced genera:-
** ''
Jumelleanthus''
** ''
Howittia''
The genus ''
Alyogyne'' was once included in the genus ''
Hibiscus
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...
'' but is not included there anymore. It is not placed in the Hibisceae either and some resources, such as the
GRIN include it in the Gossypieae. The GRIN also excludes ''
Thepparatia'' from the Gossypieae.
Baum et al. have a wider concept (cladistically, all those plants more closely related to ''Malva sylvestris'' than to ''Bombax ceiba'') of Malvoideae, which includes additionally the tribe Matisieae (three genera of Neotropical trees) and the genera ''
Lagunaria'', ''
Camptostemon'', ''
Pentaplaris'' and ''
Uladendron''.
Genera
* ''
Abelmoschus'' - ''
Abutilon'' - ''
Abutilothamnus'' - ''
Acaulimalva'' - ''
Akrosida'' - ''
Alcea'' - ''
Allosidastrum'' - ''
Allowissadula'' - ''
Althaea'' - ''
Alyogyne'' - ''
Andeimalva'' - ''
Anisodontea'' - ''
Anoda
''Anoda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae, mallow family. It includes 24 species of herbs, native to the subtropical and tropical Americas from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) through Mexico, Centra ...
'' - ''
Anotea'' - ''
Asterotrichion''
* ''
Bakeridesia'' - ''
Bastardia'' - ''
Bastardiastrum'' - ''
Bastardiopsis'' - ''
Batesimalva'' - ''
Billieturnera'' - ''
Briquetia''
* ''
Callirhoe'' - ''
Calyculogygas'' - ''
Calyptraemalva'' - ''
Cenocentrum'' - ''
Cephalohibiscus'' - ''
Cienfuegosia'' - ''
Codonochlamys'' - ''
Corynabutilon'' - ''
Cristaria''
* ''
Decaschistia'' - ''
Dendrosida'' - ''
Dicellostyles'' - ''
Dirhamphis''
* ''
Eremalche''
* ''
Fioria'' - ''
Fryxellia'' - ''
Fuertesimalva''
* ''
Gaya'' - ''
Gossypioides'' - ''
Gossypium
''Gossypium'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, Old and New Worlds. There are abo ...
'' - ''
Gynatrix''
* ''
Hampea'' - ''
Helicteropsis'' - ''
Herissantia'' - ''
Hibiscadelphus
''Hibiscadelphus'' is a genus of flowering plants that are endemic to Hawaii, Hawaii. It is known by the Native Hawaiians as ''hau kuahiwi'' which means "mountain Hibiscus". The Latin name ''Hibiscadelphus'' means "brother of ''Hibiscus''". It i ...
'' - ''
Hibiscus
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...
'' - ''
Hochreutinera'' - ''
Hoheria'' - ''
Horsfordia'' - ''
Howittia'' - ''
Humbertianthus'' - ''
Humbertiella''
* ''
Iliamna''
* ''
Julostylis'' - ''
Jumelleanthus''
* ''
Kearnemalvastrum'' - ''
Kitaibelia'' - ''
Kokia'' - ''
Kosteletzkya'' - ''
Krapovickasia'' - ''
Kydia''
* ''
Lagunaria'' - ''
Lavatera'' - ''
Lawrencia'' - ''
Lebronnecia'' - ''
Lecanophora''
* ''
Macrostelia'' - ''
Malachra'' - ''
Malacothamnus'' - ''
Malope'' - ''
Malva'' - ''
Malvastrum'' - ''
Malvaviscus
''Malvaviscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. Common names for species in this genus include Turk's cap mallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus, and mazapan. It belongs to a group of genera that differ from ...
'' - ''
Malvella'' - ''
Megistostegium'' - ''
Meximalva'' - ''
Modiola'' - ''
Modiolastrum'' - ''
Monteiroa''
* ''
Napaea'' - ''
Nayariophyton'' - ''
Neobaclea'' - ''
Neobrittonia'' - ''
Nototriche''
* ''
Palaua'' - ''
Pavonia'' - ''
Peltaea'' - ''
Periptera'' - ''
Perrierophytum'' - ''
Phragmocarpidium'' - ''
Phymosia'' - ''
Plagianthus'' - ''
Pseudabutilon''
* ''
Radyera'' - ''
Rhynchosida'' - ''
Robinsonella'' - ''
Rojasimalva''
* ''
Senra'' - ''
Sida'' - ''
Sidalcea
''Sidalcea'' is a genus (approx. 25 species) of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flowering plants known generally as checkerblooms or checkermallows, or prairie mallows in the United Kingdom. They can be annuals or ...
'' - ''
Sidasodes'' - ''
Sidastrum'' - ''
Sphaeralcea
''Sphaeralcea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae). There are about 40-60 species, including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Most originate in the drier regions of North America, with some known from South America. ...
'' - ''
Spirabutilon'' - ''
Symphyochlamys''
* ''
Tarasa'' - ''
Tetrasida'' - ''
Thepparatia'' - ''
Thespesia
''Thespesia'' is a genus of 14 flowering shrubs and trees in the ''Hibiscus'' family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (''Gossypium''). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through A ...
''
* ''
Urena''
* ''
Wercklea'' - ''
Wissadula''
References
* Burnett 1835, Outlines of Botany 816, 1094, 1118 ''fide'' James L. Reveal, Index Nominum Supragenicorum Plantarum Vasculariu
* Bayer, C. and K. Kubitzki 2003. Malvaceae, pp. 225–311. In K. Kubitzki (ed.), ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'', vol. 5, Malvales, Capparales and non-betalain Caryophyllales.
* (abstract onlin
here.
External links
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