Malva hispanica
Appearance
Malva hispanica | |
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Flowers | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Malva |
Species: | M. hispanica
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Binomial name | |
Malva hispanica | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Malva hispanica, the Spanish mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the western Mediterranean.[1] Uniquely in its genus, Malva hispanica flowers possess a bilobed epicalyx, which is derived from an ancestral trimerous structure and represents a loss of the adaxial epicalyx lobe.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Malva hispanica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Bello, María A.; Martínez-Asperilla, Aránzazu; Fuertes-Aguilar, Javier (2016). "Floral development of Lavatera trimestris and Malva hispanica reveals the nature of the epicalyx in the Malva generic alliance". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 84–98. doi:10.1111/boj.12391.