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Malvales
Alcea setosa
Alcea setosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Dumort., 1829
Families

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Malvales is the name of an order of flowering plants. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of Flowering plants whose Seed typically has two embryonic leaves or Cotyledons There Barthélemy Charles Joseph Baron Dumortier (born on April 3, 1797 in Tournai; died in 1878 was a Belgian Politician and For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display In Biological classification, family ( Latin The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group As circumscribed by APG II-system, it includes about 6000 species within nine families. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of the eudicots. In the APG II system for the classification of the Angiosperms the name rosids refers to a Clade, meaning a Monophyletic group of plants Eudicots and Eudicotyledons are terms introduced by Doyle & Hotton (1991 to refer to a group of Flowering plants that had been called "tricolpates" or "non-Magnoliid

Families (APG system)

Many species of Malvaceae s. Bixaceae, or the achiote family, is a family of Dicotyledonous Plants Under the Cronquist system it was traditionally placed in the order The Cistaceae (or rock-rose family, rock rose family) is a rather small family of plants known for its beautiful shrubs vastly covered by Flowers at Cochlospermaceae is a family of two genera and 20-25 species of Trees and Shrubs. Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 17 genera and approximately 500 species of mainly Tropical lowland Rainforest Trees The family name from Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of Flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2300 species Muntingiaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid order Malvales. The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of Flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. Sphaerosepalaceae is a family of Flowering plants It contains 14 species of Trees and Shrubs in two genera Dialyceras Thymelaeaceae is a family of Flowering plants with about 700-750 species in 50 genera l. are known for their wood, with that of Ochroma (balsa) being known for its lightness, and that of Tilia (lime or linden) as a popular wood for carving. The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) is used as an ingredient for chocolate. Chocolate ( pronounced or /-ˈələt/ comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical Cacao tree Kola nuts (genus Cola) are notable for their high content of caffeine, and in past were commonly used for preparing of various cola drinks. Kola nut ( Cola) is a genus of about 125 species of Trees native to the tropical Rainforests of Africa, classified in the family Caffeine is a bitter white crystalline Xanthine Alkaloid that acts as a Psychoactive Stimulant Drug and a mild Diuretic Other well-known members of Malvales in the APG II sense are daphnes, hibiscus, hollyhocks, okra, baobab trees, cotton, and kapok. Daphne is a genus of between 50-95 Species of Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs in the Plant family Thymelaeaceae Hibiscus, or rosemallow, is a large genus of about 200&ndash220 species of Flowering plants in the family Malvaceae (the mallow family Okra ( American English:, British English,) also known as lady's finger, bhindi ( Hindustani) and gumbo, is a Baobab is the common name of a Genus ( Adansonia) containing eight species of Trees native to Madagascar (having six species mainland Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp For the children's book see The Great Kapok Tree. Kapok ( Ceiba pentandra) is a tropical Tree of the order

Hibiscus moscheutos
Hibiscus moscheutos

The plants are mostly shrubs and trees; most of its families have a cosmopolitan distribution in the tropics and subtropics with limited expansion into temperate regions. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or In Biogeography, a Biological category of living things is said to have cosmopolitan distribution if this category can be found almost anywhere around the world The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of An interesting distribution occurs in Madagascar, where there are three endemic families of Malvales (Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae). Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern

The morphology of Malvales is diverse, and there are few common characteristics. The term morphology in Biology refers to the outward appearance ( Shape, Structure, Colour, Pattern) of an Organism Among those most commonly encountered are palmate leaves, connate sepals, and a specific structure and chemical composition of the seeds. In Botany, the following terms are used to describe the shape of plant leaves: Acicular ( acicularis) Slender and pointed needle-like In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal" is a part of the flower of Angiosperms or flower plants The cortex is often fibrous, built of soft phloem layers. In Botany, the cortex is the outer of the stem or Root of a plant bounded on the outside by the epidermis and on the inside by the Endodermis In Vascular plants phloem is the living tissue that carries organic Nutrients (known as photosynthate particularly Sucrose, a sugar to

Classification

Family boundaries and circumscriptions of the "core Malvales" families Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Tiliaceae, and Sterculiaceae have long been problematic. A close relationship among these families, and particularly Malvaceae and Bombacaceae, has generally been recognized although until recently most classification systems have maintained them as separate families. With numerous molecular phylogenies showing that Sterculiaceae, Bombacaceae, and Tiliaceae as traditionally defined are either paraphyletic or polyphyletic, a consensus has been emerging that there has been a trend to expand Malvaceae to include these three families. This expanded circumscription of Malvaceae has been recognized in the most recent version of the Thorne system, by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, and in the most recent comprehensive treatment of vascular plant families and genera, the Kubitzki system (Bayer and Kubitzki, 2003). A modern system of plant taxonomy, the Thorne system (1992 of plant classification was drawn up by the botanist Robert F The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the A system of plant taxonomy, the Kubitzki system was published in The system is important as being a comprehensive multivolume treatment of the

The dominant family in the APG II-system is the extended Malvaceae (Malvaceae sensu lato) with over 4000 species, followed by Thymelaeaceae with 750 species. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the This expanded circumscription of Malvaceae is taken to include the families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae. Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of Flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2300 species The name Bombacaceae is a Botanical name at the rank of family which is now widely considered obsolete Sterculiaceae is a Botanical name for a group of Flowering plants at the rank of family which is now widely considered obsolete Tiliaceae is a Botanical name for a family of Flowering plants. Under the older Cronquist system the order contained these four "core Malvales" families plus the Elaeocarpaceae and was placed among the Dilleniidae. A system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or Angiosperms) Elaeaocarpaceae is a family of Flowering plants The family contains 605 Species of Trees and Shrubs in 12 genera. Dillenidae is a Botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used the only Some of the currently included families were placed by Cronquist in the Violales. Violales is a Botanical name of an order of Flowering plants and takes its name from the included family Violaceae.

References

  1. ^ Daniel L. Nickrent, Cytinaceae are sister to Muntingiaceae (Malvales), Taxon 56(4): 1129-1135 (2007) (abstract)

Links

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