Urena Linnaeus 1753 (mallow)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

Sister taxa: Abutilon, Allobriquetia, Androcalva, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscoxylon, Hibiscus, Hightea, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Marcanodendron, Mortoniodendron, Rhodognaphalon, Sterculia, Sterculites, Wataria, Wheeleroxylon

Subtaxa: Urena lobata Urena palaeolobata Urena procumbens Urena sinuata

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Type: Urena lobata

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Bhikhnathoree, Champaran (Miocene to Pliocene of India)

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