5009.000 Malvaviscus Fabr.

Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1997) The European Garden Flora. Vol. V. Dicotyledons (Part III). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Description of the genus

Shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, toothed or palmately lobed. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered racemes or cymes. Epicalyx segments present, 6-16. Calyx irregularly lobed. Corolla red, funnel-shaped. Staminal column with 5 teeth at apex. Styles and stigmas 10. Fruit a schizocarp with 5 mericarps.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical America

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.

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penduliflorus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Malvaviscus:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Malvaviscus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Malvaviscus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Malvaviscus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Malvaviscus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Malvaviscus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Malvaviscus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Malvaviscus
JSTOR Plant Science: Malvaviscus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Malvaviscus
Plants of the World Online: Malvaviscus
Tropicos: Malvaviscus
Wikipedia: Malvaviscus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: genus page: Malvaviscus.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2162, retrieved 29 March 2024

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