Malvaceae

Malvaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 1,000 species in 75 genera. Malvaceae are found in tropical and temperate regions. They are not found very often in places such as the Antarctica because those places are too cold for Malvaceae plants.

Malvaceae
Least Mallow, Malva parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae Juss.
Subfamilies
Bombacoideae Brownlowioideae Byttnerioideae Dombeyoideae Grewioideae Helicteroideae Malvoideae Sterculioideae Tilioideae

Examples

Okra is one example: it is called the lady's finger or gumbo.

Malvaceae Media

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  Hibiscus moscheutos (Swamp Rose-mallow), photo taken at en:Don Valley Brick Works in en:Toronto, Ontario on Aug. 8, 2003.

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  Common mallow (Malva sylvestris)

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  Alcea rosea, the hollyhock, is a common garden flower in Malvaceae

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  Pterospermum acerifolium

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  Stellate hairs on the underside of a leaf of Malva alcea

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  Close-up photograph of Theobroma cacao flowers.

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  Durio kutejensis fruit, Muara Lawa, Kutai Barat, East Kalimantan, Indonesia