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Malvaceae

Malvaceae \Malvaceae\ prop. n. A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.

Syn: family Malvaceae, mallow family.

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Malvaceae

The Malvaceae, or the mallows, are a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of this family include okra, cotton, and cacao. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus (300 species), Sterculia (250 species), Dombeya (250 species), Pavonia (200 species) and Sida (200 species).

Usage examples of "malvaceae".

Leguminosae, Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Gramineae, we may infer that this character is common to the roots of most seedling plants.

Next to the Leguminosae come the Malvaceae, together with some closely allied families.