Malvaceae
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Description
4200 spp
Growing form
Trees, shrubs, some herbs
Leaf
Alternate; stipules present; petioles with pulvinus; entire, lobed or palmately compound; ±palmate venation; toothed or entire margin.
Flower
Bisexual. Flower: often subtended by an epicalyx; 5 sepals; 5 petals; 5 to many stamens basally attached to each other; ovary superior.
Fruit and seed
Fruit a capsule or dry schizocarp (or berry); seeds or inside of fruit often covered in hairs
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Malvaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
- malvakasvit (Finnish)
- malvaväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38687
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Number of Finnish species at lower taxonomic levels
Subordinate taxa