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Malvaceae

See list of 16 genera in this family
  • 1a. Plants woody, trees up to 35 m tall; peduncle of the inflorescence adnate to a conspicuous, elongate bract [Figs. 722,723]; stamens pentadelphous; fruit a nut-like drupe
  • 1b. Plants herbaceous or shrubs to 6 m tall in Hibiscus syriacus; inflorescence without an adnate bract; stamens monadelphous; fruit a capsule or schizocarp

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