Malva 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 F. H. Knowlton 1926

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

Subtaxa: Malva aegyptia Malva alcea Malva americana Malva bryonifolia Malva capensis Malva caroliniana Malva coromandeliana Malva hesperia Malva hispanica Malva mauritiana Malva moschata Malva peruviana Malva rotundifolia Malva sylvestris Malva tomentosa Malva verticillata

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Type: Malva sylvestris

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Cut No. 1, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (Miocene of Washington)

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