1. Malvaceae Mallow Family ca. 200 genera />2300 species
ca. 200 genera />2300 species
Hisbiscus (rose mallow)
Abutilon (Indian mallow)
Sphaeralcea (globemallow)
Malvastrum
Sida
Anoda
Gossypium (cotton)
Malvaceae

2. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

3. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

4. Malvaceae

5. Malvaceae

6. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

7. Connate sepals
Stellate hairs
Malvaceae

8. Malvaceae

9. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

10. Hibiscus sp.
Epicalyx
Malvaceae

11. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

12. Parted stigma Stamens are monadelphous (united by filaments
and forming a tube
around gynoecium)
Epicalyx
= involucre that resembles outer calyx
Malvaceae

13. Flowers and Inflorescence Life Form
Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs.
Flowers bisexual and regular with epicalyx.
Stems and Leaves
Reproductive Structures
Leaves usually alternate, simple with palmate veination and sometimes lobes; stellate or peltate trichomes.
Five to numerous stamens fused to each other around the style and forming a tube (monodelphous). Usually five carpels fused into superior ovary that split into wedges in fruit.
Perianth
Five fused sepals and five free petals. Petals are convolute (corkscrewed) in bud.
Fruit
Five-locular capsule/schizocarp/berry.
Malvaceae

14. Spharalcea sp.
Malvaceae

15. S. laxa
S. fendleri
Malvaceae