Belongs within: Eumalvoideae.
Contains: Abutilon.
The Malveae are a group of malvaceous plants in which the staminal column bears anthers at the top, and the carpels are closely united in a ring around a central axis from which they fall away when ripe (Cheeseman 2006). In the genus Malva, anthers are borne along the filament tube rather than being clustered (Hickman 1993).
<==Malveae
`--MalvinaeU16
|--Malva [incl. Lavatera]BGS05
| |--*M. sylvestris Linnaeus 1753BGS05, CD07 [incl. M. sylvestris var. mauritianaH93]
| |--M. aegyptiaPT98
| |--M. africana (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| | |--M. a. ssp. africanaBGS05
| | `--M. a. ssp. bicolor (Rouy) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| |--M. agrigentina (Tineo) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| |--M. americanaBGS05
| |--‘Lavatera’ assurgentiflora [incl. L. assurgentiflora ssp. glabra]H93
| |--M. carolinianaC55b
| |--M. creticaPT98
| |--M. crispaC06
| |--‘Lavatera’ lindsayiM69
| |--M. micans [incl. Lavatera triloba non M. triloba]BGS05
| |--M. minoricensis [incl. Lavatera triloba ssp. pallescens]BGS05
| |--M. moschataC55a
| |--M. multiflora (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| |--M. neglectaAGF98
| |--M. nicaeensisH93
| |--‘Lavatera’ occidentalisM69
| |--M. olbia [=Lavatera olbia]BGS05
| |--M. parvifloraM99
| |--M. plazzae (Atzei) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| |--‘Lavatera’ plebeiaH90
| |--M. punctata [=Lavatera punctata]BGS05
| |--M. rotundifoliaC06
| |--M. thuringiaca [=Lavatera thuringiaca; incl. L. thuringiaca ssp. ambigua]BGS05
| |--M. trimestris [=*Lavatera trimestris]BGS05
| |--M. unguiculata [incl. Lavatera bryoniifolia non M. bryonifolia]BGS05
| |--M. veneta (Miller) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 (see below for synonymy)BGS05
| `--M. verticillataC06
|--MalvastrumU16
| |--M. americanum [incl. M. spicatum]H90
| |--M. autofagastanum (Phil.) Bak. f. 1890–1894 (see below for synonymy)U16
| |--M. corchorifoliumA02
| |--M. coromandelianum [incl. M. tricuspidatum]H90
| |--M. dissectumC01
| `--M. peruvianumU16
`--Urocarpidium Ulbrich 1916U16
`--*U. albiflorum Ulbrich 1916U16
Malveae incertae sedis:
Plagianthus Forster & Forster 1776C06, A61
|--P. betulinus Cunningham 1840 [incl. Pl. urticinus Cunnigham 1840]A61
| |--P. b. var. betulinusA61
| `--P. b. var. chathamicus Cockayne 1912 [=P. chathamicus Cockayne 1902]A61
|--P. × cymosus Kirk 1899 [P. betulinus × P. divaricatus]A61
|--P. divaricatus Forster & Forster 1776A61
`--P. regiusWH02 [=Philippodendron regium Poit. 1837A61]
Hoheria Cunn. 1839C06, A61 [incl. H. subg. Apterocarpa Hooker 1852A61, H. subg. Euhoheria Hooker 1852A61]
|--‘Gaya’ × allanii Cockayne 1926 [Hoheria angustifolia × H. lyallii]A61
|--H. angustifolia Raoul 1844 (see below for synonymy)A61
|--H. glabrata Sprague & Summerhayes 1926A61
|--H. lyallii Hooker 1852A61 (see below for synonymy)
|--H. populnea Cunn. 1839 (see below for synonymy)A61
| |--H. p. var. populneaC06
| `--H. p. var. vulgarisC06
`--H. sexstylosa Colenso 1885 (see below for synonymy)A61
|--H. s. var. sexstylosaA61
`--H. s. var. ovata (Simpson & Thomson) Allan 1961 [=H. ovata Simpson & Thomson 1942]A61
AbutilonBS04
Nomen nudum: Malva africana Mill. ex Steudel 1841BGS05
Hoheria angustifolia Raoul 1844 [=H. populnea var. angustifolia (Raoul) Hooker 1852; incl. H. angustifolia var. acutifolia Kirk 1899]A61
Hoheria lyallii Hooker 1852A61 [=Gaya lyallii Baker 1892A61, Plagianthus lyallii Gray ex Hooker 1855A61, Sida lyalliiC06; incl. G. lyallii var. ribifolia Kirk 1899A61, G. ribifolia Cockayne 1901A61]
Hoheria populnea Cunn. 1839 [incl. H. sinclairii Hooker 1864, H. populnea ssp. vulgaris var. sinclairii (Hooker) Kirk 1899]A61
Hoheria sexstylosa Colenso 1885 [incl. H. populnea var. crataegifolia Hooker 1852, H. populnea var. dentata Kirk 1899, H. populnea var. lanceolata Hooker 1852, H. populnea ssp. lanceolata Kirk 1899, H. populnea ssp. obtusifolia Kirk 1899]A61
Malva africana (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Lavatera africana Cav. 1788; incl. L. maritima non Malva maritima, M. wigandii (Alef.) Ray 1998]BGS05
Malva africana ssp. bicolor (Rouy) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Lavatera maritima ssp. bicolor Rouy 1897]BGS05
Malva agrigentina (Tineo) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Lavatera agrigentina Tineo 1817]BGS05
Malva multiflora (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Malope multiflora Cav. 1786; incl. Lavatera cretica non Malva cretica, Malva linnaei]BGS05
Malva plazzae (Atzei) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Lavatera plazzae Atzei 1995]BGS05
Malva veneta (Miller) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso in Banfi, Galasso & Soldano 2005 [=Lavatera veneta Miller 1768; incl. L. arborea non M. arborea, Malva dendromorpha Ray 1998]BGS05
Malvastrum autofagastanum (Phil.) Bak. f. 1890–1894 [=Malva autofagastana Phil. ms; incl. Malvastrum pumilum Schum. ms]U16
*Type species of generic name indicated
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