Malvales

Table of contents 1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 Reference 4 Text 5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Malvales

Synonyms and common names

none noted

Reference

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21500
as of 2002-06-04

Text

Children

Families

• Bombacaceae[?] (bombax) - 9 genera
• Elaeocarpaceae[?] - 4 genera
• Malvaceae (mallow) - 47 genera
  • Cotton
  • Hollyhock[?]
  • Mallow
• Scytopetalaceae[?] - Empty in ITIS - In Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/scytopet.htm with 5 genera and 20 species - Cladist put this in Ericales
• Sterculiaceae[?] (sterculia) - 17 genera
• Tiliaceae[?] (basswood) - 11 genera